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Helping clients with their welfare benefits.

Although people with learning disabilities may be entitled to a number of welfare benefits depending on their employment situation and their personal wealth, they often miss out on their entitlements because the benefits system is difficult for people with such problems to negotiate. This article de...

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Published in:Learning Disability Practice Vol. 12; no. 10; pp. 14 - 19
Main Author: Callanan C
Format: pictorial Journal Article
Published: Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom (The) Dec2009
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