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Just for the record: findings from the pension benefit outreach project 2007
- Authors:
- TRUST HOUSING ASSOCIATION, HANOVER SCOTLAND, BIELD HOUSING ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Trust Housing Association Ltd
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 21p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Pension Benefit Outreach Project was a project which tackled the acute problem of poor take-up of pension and other benefits by older people in the Black Minority and Ethnic (BME) Communities. The project was created through a partnership between Trust, Hanover (Scotland) and Bield Housing Associations and their existing Equal Opportunities Programme. The project received external funding for 18 months and commenced in 2005 and involved people from the Pakistani, Indian and Chinese communities and also people of Turkish, African, Iranian and Arab origin. The main purpose of this project was to help individual BME older people to understand what benefits and allowances they are entitled to and to help them receive these. The results of the project are reported. The success of this project underlined the importance of active outreach work.
Reducing poverty among older women: social security reform and gender equity
- Authors:
- GONYEA Judith G., HOOYMAN Nancy R.
- Journal article citation:
- Families in Society, 86(3), July 2005, pp.338-346.
- Publisher:
- The Alliance for Children and Families
The authors document the higher poverty rate of older women, especially women from minority ethnic groups, compared with older men. They then review how the U.S. Social Security program generally benefits older women and reduces their late-life economic vulnerability. A persistent gender inequity, however, is that women are more likely to disrupt their paid employment to meet family care responsibilities, which may increase the number of zero-earnings years and reduce the amount paid into Social Security. Current proposals to privatize the Social Security system are critiqued in terms of their gender inequities. Three relatively revenue-neutral proposals that could increase Social Security’s protection against poverty and differentially affect low income women are briefly discussed.
Age-old problems
- Authors:
- SCHARF Thomas, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.10.02, 2002, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a survey of older people living in Manchester, Liverpool and east London which found poverty and ignorance of the benefits available. Discusses how older people cope with poverty and how raising pensions would help local communities.
To stay or not to stay: retirement migration decisions among older people
- Authors:
- MAWHINNEY Paul, KHAN Omar
- Publisher:
- Runnymede Trust
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 49p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Many people decide to leave the UK and move abroad on reaching retirement, and older black and minority ethnic people in the UK who were born abroad may consider returning to their country of birth when they retire. This study builds on the findings of an earlier report (The Costs of 'Returning Home') into some of the potential increased costs of returning to another country after living in the UK for some time, and focuses on how people decide where to spend retirement. The qualitative study involved focus groups with over 80 older people from different ethnic backgrounds (Caribbean, Moroccan and white British), both retired and approaching retirement, asking participants about whether they considered spending retirement outside the UK, in particular in their country of birth. It looks at the considerations, attractions and barriers to overseas retirement, covering older people and return migration, financial considerations (such as accessing UK state pensions and other welfare benefits overseas), health and health care, family and friends, and belonging (including way of life and conceptions of home). It includes key conclusions and policy actions. An appendix lists countries where UK state pensions are frozen and uprated.
Ethnic minority customers of the Pension, Disability and Carers Service: an evidence synthesis
- Authors:
- ALLMARK Peter, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 94p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This research was conducted by the Centre for Health and Social Care Research, Sheffield Hallam University and was commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions. The aim was to examine why Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) customers are less satisfied with the Pension, Disability and Carers Service (PDCS); why BME individuals eligible for PDCS benefits are less likely to apply for them; what interventions might be successful at increasing service uptake and improving satisfaction; and to identify gaps in research evidence. Little direct evidence examining satisfaction with and uptake of PDCS services by BME customers was found and most related to Bangladeshi and Pakistani customers. Therefore less direct evidence was also used. Several interrelated personal, local and PDCS system factors affecting satisfaction and uptake were implicated. For example, English language was an important area of difficulty. The provision of good interpreters and translation services would help. There was also a lack of knowledge of the system and some false beliefs about it. There was little or no evidence of unease about claiming benefits from the state, however, perceptions of problems in the system were a deterrent. The extended family and local organisations were also found to have an influence. Factors in the PDCS processes and procedures that could affect satisfaction of BME customers are placed under four headings: access; outreach; attitudes; and monitoring. The PDCS has an action plan outlining a number of interventions to address some of these issues but these have not yet been evaluated.
Exploring older women’s citizenship: understanding the impact of migration in later life
- Author:
- COOK Joanne
- Journal article citation:
- Ageing and Society, 30(2), February 2010, pp.253-273.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This paper focuses upon the welfare citizenship experiences of older women who migrated in later life to England, either as refugees or as post-retirement migrants. It reports findings from interviews and focus groups conducted with black Caribbean, Irish, Chinese and Somali older women migrants in Sheffield as part of the Older Women's Lives and Voices Study. The paper explores their experiences of accessing welfare citizenship and the barriers they encountered in accessing mainstream services. In particular, it examines the unequal platform from which older migrants who do not speak English access welfare citizenship rights and services, and assesses the important constraints of discrimination and language differences. For the Somali and Chinese women in particular, welfare services fell short with respect to language provision and to the responses of welfare providers to their particular needs and differences. Despite the obstacles, the older women participants were actively pursuing their inclusion in welfare rights and services. The paper argues for more recognition of the important enabling role that informal systems of support provided by participation in community or cultural organisations play in realising the welfare rights and accessing services for minority ethnic older women.
What works for whom?: a review of evidence and meta-analysis for the Department for Work and Pensions
- Authors:
- HASLUCK Chris, GREEN Anne E.
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 149p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This report reviews the current stock of Department for Work and Pensions evaluation evidence in order to identify which interventions have worked most effectively for key customer groups: young people; long-term unemployed adults; older benefit claimants; lone parents; partners of benefit claimants; disabled people and people with health conditions; ethnic minorities; and the most disadvantaged. In addition to a detailed review for each of the customer groups covering contextual issues, type of provision, aspects of delivery and 'what works', a number of key findings of generic relevance emerged. Such issues include the diversity of the population of customers for whom provision is made and what they look for in interventions, the central role of the Personal Adviser in the success of interventions and the importance of motivation of the individual customer in the effectiveness of any form of provision. The importance of job search activity, of working with employers and the state of the labour markets and the nature of jobs available is highlighted also. The evidence presented in the review could be used to inform decisions about the appropriate type of provision to suit customers and local labour markets in a context of a more decentralised approach to the delivery of interventions.
Social security
- Author:
- VAUX Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Research Matters, 17, April 2004, pp.65-72.
- Publisher:
- Community Care
Looks at a number of research studies which highlight how difficult it can be to reduce social exclusion by improving benefit take-up.
Delivering benefits and services for black and minority ethnic older people
- Authors:
- BARNARD Helen, PETTIGREW Nick
- Publisher:
- Corporate Document Services; Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 151p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
The aim of this project was to explore the barriers to the take-up of benefits among black and minority ethnic older people. It also examined the different information needs and preferred modes of service delivery among these groups. Seven case studies were undertaken, each focused on a particular minority ethnic community in an area. The seven groups studied were the Indian, Bangladeshi, Pakistani, Chinese, African, African-Caribbean and Irish communities. Each case study involved interviews with staff in the local authority, local voluntary and community groups, and staff from The Department, as well as older people themselves. It should be noted the findings were gathered before The Pension Service local service was fully operational. Where experiences of the Department’s service are reported therefore they relate to the service prior to the introduction of The Pension Service or during the transition from the Benefits Agency to the Pension Service.
Citizenship, exclusion and older people
- Author:
- CRAIG Gary
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 33(1), January 2004, pp.95-114.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
The article explores the findings of the qualitative element of a larger study which examined non-take-up of benefits among older people, focusing on those defined as 'hard to reach'. Interviews was undertaken in four areas of England using researchers able to interview in languages other than English. It explores the social, financial and other impacts of additional benefit income for older people, examines how the concepts of citizenship and social exclusion might be understood in relation to the position of older people and sketches out what some of the defining characteristics of citizenships might be for them.