This free training session is for frontline workers looking to build their understanding of the key benefits for people over State Pension age. We’ll also show you how to use the online entitledto benefits calculator on behalf of someone else. The key benefits we will cover together are:

• State Pension
• Pension Credit
• Attendance Allowance
• Pension Age Disability Payment. 

By the end of the session you will be able to:

• explain what these benefits are, who may be eligible and how to claim them
• know when to ask for or signpost to specialist advice
• use the online benefits calculator to help identify is someone is missing out
• develop strategies to start conversations about claiming benefits with older people who you work with.

This training is relevant to those supporting older people in England, Scotland and Wales.