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I can’t afford to die: Managing the cost of dying in an ageing society
Tuesday 21st January 2014
This event is kindly supported by the Institute for Policy Research and Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath.
#costofdying
Welcome
Baroness Sally Greengross
Chief ExecutiveILC-UK
This event is kindly supported by the Institute for Policy Research and Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath.
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Dr Kate WoodthorpeLecturer in Sociology, Department of Social and
Policy SciencesUniversity of Bath
The Cost of Dying in an Ageing Society
This event is kindly supported by the Institute for Policy Research and Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath.
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Institute for Policy Research
The Cost of Dying in an Ageing Society
Dr Kate Woodthorpe
Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Social and Policy Sciences
21st January 2014
International Longevity Centre, London.
01225 386852
Institute for Policy Research
Brief outline
• Building up a body of evidence
• Our own research
• Key findings
• Focus for today: issues and outcomes
• Questions for discussion
Institute for Policy Research
Building up a body of evidence
• Knowledge gap: experiential learning
• Sun Life Direct Cost of Dying work
• Corden et al (University of York): financial implications of the death of a partner
• Death and social policy• Policy areas, inheritance, debt, financial literacy, guidance and support
• Death and the family
Institute for Policy Research
Recent developments
• NCPC, Dying Matters and National Bereavement Alliance report• ‘Life after death: six steps to improve support in bereavement’
• Calling for national review of impact of financial, administrative and economic changes on those who have been bereaved
• Available here: http://dyingmatters.org/sites/default/files/Life%20After%20Death%20FINAL(1).pdf
Institute for Policy Research
Our own research
• 2012: qualitative study into DWP Social Fund Funeral Payment, with international comparison
• 2013: qualitative study into preparing for older age
• Independent academic research funded by Sun Life Direct
• Led to a Parliamentary Roundtable November 2012
• Funeral poverty manifesto
Institute for Policy Research
State support
• Department for Work and Pensions Social Fund Funeral Payment
• Timing• Debt• Family Assessment
• Public Health Funerals
• Unable or unwilling• Choice• Rhetoric change?
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Preparing for older age
• Variation in attitudes: pragmatists, hopefuls and fatalists
• Obligation and responsibility
• Sharing of resources
• Trust in advice and guidance, and each other
• Blended and fluid families
Institute for Policy Research
Focus for today: the issues
• Understanding costs
• Financial
• Social
• Relational
• Individual
• ILC areas
• Older consumers
• Economics of age
• Work and retirement
• Intergenerational
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Focus for today: the outcomes
• 3 levels: macro, intermediate and micro
• Macro: policy and national guidance, commercial sector
• Intermediate: localised guidance and support, local businesses
• Micro: family and individuals
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Questions for discussion
• What are the costs associated with dying, the end of life and bereavement?
• What is the reality of funeral poverty and how can this be addressed?
• Can the cost of dying, end of life and bereavement be reduced?
• What is the role/responsibility of the public, private and third sectors?
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Publication details
• Sun Life Direct (2013) Cost of Dying Report (Bristol: Sun Life Direct)
• Sun Life Direct (2012) Affording a funeral: Social Fund Funeral Payments (Bristol: Sun Life Direct)
• Both available here: http://www.sunlifedirect.co.uk/About-Sun-Life-Direct/Press-Office/Research/
• Woodthorpe, K., Rumble, H. and Valentine, C. (2013) ‘Putting ‘the grave’ into social policy: state support for funerals in contemporary UK society’, Journal of Social Policy, 42 (3): 605 – 622.
• Foster, L. and Woodthorpe, K. (2013) ‘What cost the price of a good send off? The challenges for British state funeral policy’, Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 21 (1): 77 – 89.
• Valentine, C. and Woodthorpe, K. (forthcoming) ‘From the cradle to the grave: funeral welfare from an international perspective’, Social Policy and Administration.
www.bath.ac.uk/ipr
Institute for Policy Research
Centre for Death and Society (CDAS)
• The UK’s only centre devoted to the study and research of social aspects of death, dying and bereavement
• Recent research: Engaging young people with death; Bereavement through family members’ substance misuse; Digital Inheritance; Future Cemeteries
Contact details:
www.bath.ac.uk/cdas
01225 386949
Ben FranklinResearch Fellow
ILC-UK
The cost of dying: long-term Projections
This event is kindly supported by the Institute for Policy Research and Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath.
#costofdying
The International Longevity Centre-UK is an independent, non-partisan think-tank
dedicated to addressing issues of longevity, ageing and population change.
Ben Franklin, International Longevity Centre – UK
@ilcuk
The cost of dying: long-term projections
The International Longevity Centre-UK is an independent, non-partisan think-tank
dedicated to addressing issues of longevity, ageing and population change.
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The International Longevity Centre-UK is an independent, non-partisan think-tank
dedicated to addressing issues of longevity, ageing and population change.
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The International Longevity Centre-UK is an independent, non-partisan think-tank
dedicated to addressing issues of longevity, ageing and population change.
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Actual cost
Projections assuming costs rise in line with 2013-18 expectations (3.9%)
Projections assuming costs rise by 2.8% (trend since 2008)
Projections assuming costs rise in line with in-flation (2%)
Due to rising costs and an increase in number of deaths, total cost of dying in England and Wales could triple by 2037
Source: ONS, SunLife Direct Cost of Dying Report and own calculations
The International Longevity Centre-UK is an independent, non-partisan think-tank
dedicated to addressing issues of longevity, ageing and population change.
Many thanks
Ben Franklin
Research Fellow
International Longevity Centre
0207 340 0440
Twitter: @ilcuk
Debbie KerslakeCEO
Cruse Bereavement Care
I can’t afford to die
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I can’t afford to die
Debbie KerslakeCruse Bereavement Care
Somewhere to turn when someone dies Cruse:
• Offers support, advice and information to children, young people and adults
• Enhances society’s care of bereaved people
Somewhere to turn when someone dies
Rising Funeral Poverty
Pre-bereavement costs
The Social Fund
Changes to
BereavementBenefits
Death CertificationReforms
The Bedroom Tax
Current Issues
Key Points
The economic costs of bereavement:
• Are increasing • Will affect many more people as the death rate rises• Have a long-term impact well beyond paying for the funeral• Impact on mental and physical health
Urgent action is needed
Dean LambleManaging Director
Sun Life Direct
Funeral Planning
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Funeral Planning
ILCJanuary 21st
London
Issues
09/04/202330
27% savings
25% borrowed from friend/relative
22% put it on a credit card
13% took out a loan
10% sold belongings
How are customer trying to solve it?
Funeral poverty is a real key concern and the quicker people start planning, the better the chances to help solve the issue
Research shows us 1 in 5 report a shortfall in paying for a funeral
That shortfall we estimate to be c£1,200
18% of people reported the cost of funerals was causing concern
What is the problem?
What can the insurance industry do?
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Affordability Discipline Range of solutions Protection against inflation
Plan, plan, plan Budget Save/set aside money Start early
What does a solution need to have?
What do customers need to do?
Pre-paid funeral plans Insurance (Guaranteed
Over 50 plans) Protection insurance Savings
Options available
Working across industry- funeral providers, insurance, government
Educate customers
Promote options
How can the insurance industry help
Elizabeth ProcterPalliative Care Services Manager
Sue Ryder Manorlands Hospice
I can’t afford to die: Managing the cost of dying in an ageing society
This event is kindly supported by the Institute for Policy Research and Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath.
#costofdying
I can’t afford to die: Managing the cost of dying in an ageing society
Tuesday 21st January 2014
This event is kindly supported by the Institute for Policy Research and Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath.
#costofdying