To qualify for Attendance Allowance, you must be of state pension age (currently at least 66). There is no specific list of conditions that qualify; both mental and physical disabilities or illnesses are considered based on their impact on your ...
One of the important questions we aimed to answer in this topic is if “rehab” is necessary or not. We have all seen this concept of “rehab” glamourized by celebrities; they get on a private plane and then take a leave of absence to check into an expensive centre in Beverly Hills...
I also get to learn about individuals and I absolutely love this. I also find that taking the time to get to know the student can reduce any of their anxieties while driving. Knowledge is key.
The pressure to kit-out your kids for the new school year can make the run-up to September stressful – especially when family finances are tight. In 2023, charity The Children’s Society found that parents and carers were spending, on average, £287 for primary school uniform and £...
Not only care professionals, but also family (informal carers) and technology providers/installers [9] need to get accustomed with a different way of working: together, they form the system in which technology will or will not work for older persons. This also implies that technology ...
But this rationale does not apply to a child who doesn’t need the money for half a century or more. If a big, badbear marketcomes along – it won’t touch them in the long run. Junior’s pension money can be underwater for ten, 20, even 30 years and it doesn’t matter. ...
The UK benefits system is designed to provide financial assistance for people with health problems, as well as help for carers, those with children and those on low incomes. Different benefits and rules apply to those above and below state pension age. For those aged 65 and over, Attendance ...
This was a hard truth to discover. It pains me more than I can say to think about the burden I've placed on my partner, who has borne it with incredible patience and fortitude. She, and tens of millions of other hard-pressed carers, is as much a victim of long COVID as I a...
Established in Sept. 20, 2006, the special disability trust allows immediate family members and carers to set up a trust to benefit another family member. Before the trust can be set up, the prospective beneficiary must be assessed as severely disabled per the requirements of the trust's legis...