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Overcoming barriers
— older people and income support | | Author(s) | Paddy Costigan, Helen Finch, Beverley Jackson |
| Corporate Author | Social Research Branch, Department of Social Security - DSS |
| Publisher | DSS Social Research Branch, London, 1999 |
| Pages | unnumbered (Department of Social Security research summary) |
| Source | Keith Watson, Social Research Branch, Adelphi, 1-11 John Adam Street, London WC2N 6HT. |
| Keywords | Social security benefits ; Supplementary benefits ; Attitude ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | In response to the 1997 Labour Party manifesto commitment to poorer older people, the Department of Social Security (DSS) began a programme of review and research investigating the experiences and attitudes of older people who were entitled to, but not in receipt of, Income Support (IS). Research was undertaken by the National Centre for Social Research (formerly SCPR) with the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Qualitative and quantitative research carried out indicated that entitled non-recipients (ENRs) of IS do not remain that way indefinitely. ENRs do not admit to particular difficulties in managing on their current incomes. The barriers identified by the research revealed a mixture of attitudinal resistance and lack of, or "incorrect" knowledge about IS and dislike of the procedures involved. Improvements suggested ranged from avoiding the need to visit a benefits office, to receipt of IS as an add-on to the Retirement Pension. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991221201 P |
| Classmark | JH: JHM: DP: 3F * |
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