Temporary stays in residential care/nursing home Comments disabled
Your social services department can arrange a short stay in a residential care or nursing home if it will help you or someone who cares for you. This may be [...]
Pension Credit 12 comments
Pension credit tops up low incomes for older people If you are a little over the earnings limit for pension credit, you MAY be able to get some financial help [...]
Individual Budgets – Self-Directed Support Comments disabled
What does this mean? How does it work? Who gets help? How can the money be used? How well does it work in practice? Dr Christine Barton – a case [...]
Home Responsibilities Protection (HRP) 0 comments
This is not a benefit, but a scheme that helped you protect your basic State Retirement Pension, between 1978 and 5th April 2010. You can still claim for previous years, [...]
Healthcare Travel Costs Scheme Comments disabled
This is an NHS scheme, your local Jobcentre Plus Office can confirm entitlement to the benefit. What is it? • Help with the cost of your fares or petrol when [...]
Direct Payments Comments disabled
What are Direct Payments? Who gets them? How can they be used? What are Direct Payments? Direct Payments are money paid by the Local Authority to a person who has [...]
Budgeting Loan Comments disabled
What is a Budgeting Loan? This is money which you may be able to borrow under certain circumstances to help pay for certain things. Click the links to go straight [...]
Funeral Expenses Payment 0 comments
What is Funeral Expenses Payment? This benefit provides help for people on low incomes to meet the costs of a funeral. It is available to people who live in England [...]
Universal Credit 16 comments
Universal Credit, intended to simplify the benefit system Universal Credit (UC) replaces six working age benefits with one monthly payment. It does not cut off completely if you move from [...]