alongside legal challenges and recent proposals for changes to it in Scotland. Eligibility criteria for receipt of this allowance construct carers as people of 'working age' who provide care within dyadic relationships and exclude people whose unpaid caring work is more complex and/or interdependent....
Of course, if your child exceeds your allowance with a SIM only deal, you could end up paying a lot more. That’s where a price cap comes in. This is a limit on your monthly usage that can’t be exceeded. It means you can’t spend more than you’ve allocated during the month, ...
In the UK many people with cancer and their carers do not have easy access to the welfare benefits to which they are entitled adding further strain to the process of dealing with cancer. It is estimated that nine out of ten cancer patients' households experience loss of income as a direct...
If he is funded instead by SS, they will take all his benefits off him, except for about £26 per week personal allowance. It’s not enough to buy clothes, toiletries, a new TV and whatever else he wants to do, like going out? So, it’s £200 v £26 per week for DS...
the users were people with dementia and their informal carers. LL are not necessarily environments that evaluate these co-created innovations within the real world. Considering this disconnect between co-creation and real-world evaluation, this paper, as a critical commentary, will reflect on the me...