Category Archives: ELDERLY UK POLICY

Death Benefits ?

Posted on March 1, 2018 by john graham

This is a continuation of my last blog on welfare benefits.   ( You can see all the posts on this subject by clicking on “Welfare Benefits “ in the Tag Cloud ) After a good night’s sleep and suitably admonished … Continue reading →

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Troubled Bereavement

Posted on February 27, 2018 by john graham

This is a continuation of my last week’s blog on welfare benefits.   ( You can see all the posts on this subject by clicking on “Welfare Benefits “ in the Tag Cloud ) If ever there was a time when … Continue reading →

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Reluctant Benefits still at Sea

Posted on February 20, 2018 by john graham

This is a continuation of my last week’s blog on welfare benefits.   ( You can see all the posts on this subject by clicking on “Welfare Benefits “ in the Tag Cloud ) I have been surfing around for days … Continue reading →

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Reluctant Benefits Koan

Posted on February 15, 2018 by john graham

The path to benefits entitlement, is not paved with enlightenment. Benefits Streets aren’t paved with gold. They are more like illusory rainbows.   Reform is beset by political indecision. Met swiftly with opposition derision. The virtue of benefit is washed … Continue reading →

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Reluctant Welfare Benefits and Benefits

Posted on February 13, 2018 by john graham

This is a continuation of my last week’s blog on welfare benefits.   ( You can see all the posts on this subject by clicking on “Welfare Benefits “ in the Tag Cloud ) Perhaps I should start with what I … Continue reading →

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Reluctant Welfare Benefits

Posted on February 8, 2018 by john graham

I have decided to start a thread about welfare benefits for older people.   It may we’ll go on over several months as it is a large issue and to many people, including me, an unfathomable subject.      Nonetheless … Continue reading →

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Social Care Funding Going Nowhere.

Posted on October 10, 2017 by john graham

A crisis in social has been building up for years and at its heart are two questions :- “Who is going to pay for it?” and “Where is the money going to come from?”. At the start of this decade … Continue reading →

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Express Care

Posted on October 3, 2017 by john graham

I have written a lot about Care ever since I started this blog and it seems the situation isn’t getting any better.    In fact it is becoming a lot worse. (Two of my earlier blogs are worth reading :- … Continue reading →

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Is This Assisted Dying?

Posted on September 12, 2017 by john graham

I have written a lot about assisted dying almost since I started this blog.    Although not since 2015 when Lord Faulkner’s Bill to legalize it was heavily defeated in the House of Commons.  ( You can see all my … Continue reading →

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2017 Election manifesto — Conservatives

Posted on June 6, 2017 by john graham

In the final days of the 2017 General Election canvassing, I will sum up each party’s proposals on the specific issues that relate to older people.    Here is a start with the Conservative Party proposals. PENSIONS — triple lock … Continue reading →

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