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Any ideas on a quirky title for our discount day?
Hi Everyone I work in a gift shop and we want to offer a discount to Senior Citizens on Thursdays - along the lines of if you have a bus pass you can get a 10% discount on all our products. We don't want to offend anyone by using the wrong terminology, but would love to know what you thought would make a good, fun caption.…
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river cruises?
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Help with care home funding
Hi all, I posted this on the benefits forum but got no replies so am hoping soemone here can help :confused: . Can anyone give me some advice please on what if anything my mother is entitled to. She currently has carers coming in 4 times a day & can only stand with assistance, can't walk etc. I think the time has come for…
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Retirees checklist...
I was doing some mulling after writing the new Childcare article and i thought something similar would be good for pensioners/retirees. It's the main cash things / help /issues that are being missed out on. My idea is short notes which can then link elsewhere on the site (or bigger notes if there's no 'elsewhere' on the…
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Seasons Holidays
i, too, was told I had won a holiday worth £3750 only had to contribute over £300 towards mai ntenance of the various properties if I were to become a member of their club. Some prize. Well worth avoiding.
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attendance allowance stopped
Just as I thought it was going smoothly I checked dad's statements as his money seemed wrong and they have stopped dad's attendance allowance without telling us. I have phoned the pension people and they say that there are two notes on his file, firstly that dad has spent 20 weeks in hospital after a major operation..which…
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Thermal underwear
I'm posting this question on 3 boards. :p OH and me were talking about this yesterday: Thermal underwear - who makes the best, most effective and as a 3rd consideration, economical? Oh yes, any tips or experiences? :rolleyes: I reckon we going have to get some in for the winter.
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Anyone else in this situation??
Hi Anyone out there got any advice? I live in a three bedroom house, worth around £250,000. Its far too big for me now but to buy a bungalow is around the same or dearer than the price of my house, unless I move to a different area. No reason not too really as most of my friends don't live in my area - but I feel as I have…
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Free Bus Travel For Over-60s – Useful Websites.
The following websites contain much useful information to help get the best out of the new national concessionary travel schemes for over-60s. Please use this thread only to post websites. Discussion on the subject continues elsewhere. GENERAL INFORMATION Consultation on the definition of eligible services for the…
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dementia and re inforcement
This isn't really anything to do with money saving but I wanted to ask people about something that has bugged me for a while and has just been mentioned again on the TV. When dad first had his stroke he struggled to remember people and events and would often mention that he had spent some time talking with his mother, or…
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Help with the costs of recuperation and living on crutches
Hi everyone I'm posting this on behalf of my Mum, who reads this site but for whom creating an account is slightly too technical. I'll probably get a clip around the ear if I announce her age, but let's say it's over 60 and she's retired from work and lives alone in a bungalow in a large village. Later this year she'll be…
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Top-up fees for care home?
I am posting this on behalf on my partner. His mother has been in a care home for the last 18 months as she has dementia - my partner and his brother had to go to the court of protection to get access to her financial affairs to pay the care home, and this has only just been resolved. Last month, their father was also…