Over 50s MoneySaving

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• Mums house being sold for care but she has now passed

  Hello My Mum passed away on Friday, she has suffered with dementia for many years so this has been a blessing. Her property was taken over by the local council late 2016 to be sold to help costs of her residential care. The question that the family has now is that the property has not sold (not worth a lot plus a leasehold…

• Anybody using NHS hearing aid?

  Hubby very reluctant agree to try NHS hearing aid to his lt ear. He has some hearing loss but still in denial and says he can hear ok. The problem at home is the tv is loud. Today he got his hearing aid the one with the thin tube behind the ear. It is Oticon BTE and finds it very fiddly to put on and hear whistling sound…

• Retired - do you watch every penny

  DH and I have always been careful with our money. We have had hard times in the past so had no choice. DH retired 10 years ago and mines coming up 7 end of March. We have got savings not vast amounts but enough to get us out of trouble if something breaks down or needs renewing. We do caravanning quite a lot in the good…

• Will BTL work in 2019?

  Hi, I could really do with some sensible advise. I have been left 120K. The person who left it to me was a real entrepreneur and would want me to do something clever with the money. From my research it would seem the sensible thing to do would be to pay off the mortgage debt......but I am wondering if there is some way I…

• Identity Documentation/proof for over 85's in UK?

  My Grandmother is 95, I'm having issues helping her with tasks that require proof of ID. E.g. Picking up missed parcels from the post office. She doesn't have: - a valid passport - driving license (she wouldn't qualify now) - she doesn't pay council tax (therefore no council tax bill) - bus pass She has two utility bills…