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Christmas planning
Apologies for this topic as I am sure it is one we may try to avoid. How do we all manage to fit all the branches of the family in over Christmas when we live at a distance from everyone? DH will be working non-stop from Dec 18th to noon on 25th Dec , then will just be ready to collapse in a heap and sleep. We have 2 x 2…
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50 today
well I have finally got there the big 50 today .So are there any freebies ;) or is it all just down hill from here on in .
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CHC-Advice please - what should Jim want?
I know there is another thread on CHC but I don't want to hijack it. I have an elderly relative with complex medical conditions. They are about to be discharged from rehab and the therapists find him quite able compared to other patients with similar conditions. The relative, who I will call Jim for shorthand on here, has…
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Help with a new boiler for an elderly neighbour?
Hello, I wondered if anyone knew if there is a scheme to help old people buy new boilers? Our elderly neighbour lives in fear every winter of her very old boiler 'blowing up', she has decided she really needs a new ones this year but its going to cost £2k. She owns her house (it was left to her) but has very little savings…
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top up fees
my aunt may have to move into a residential home at some stage . I went to look at a home today and it is £441 per week including £15 top up fee ,which has to be paid by a third party (me) . My aunt has no children but has several thousand in the bank .Is there any way she will be allowed to pay this herself .
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Winter fuel payment when in care home.
Just wondered if someone of 97 is self funded in a care house would they still get the winter fuel payment?
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How to feel unwanted - age discrimination?
Well - it certainly made ME feel unwanted: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2050800/Over-60s-exempt-stamp-duty-free-occupied-homes.html Must admit my personal reaction to that was "So - is the message 'please hurry up and shuffle off this mortal coil - make way Granny (or - in my own personal case- 'O Childless One')?"…
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Saga magazine 3 year subscription just £7.95
A special deal for fellow old fogies. A three year subscription to the saga magazine for less than the cost of posting the mags to you. Just enter the code E0064. https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine-subscriptions/offer.asp
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Selling our old gold
Hi everyone, apparently scrap gold is a good price and I have several wedding rings etc, from family, sitting in a drawer, in our local shopping mall they were sitting there today giving out lots of cash for necklaces, bangles, etc, I asked how much a gram it was, about eleven to twelve pounds she said for wedding rings,…
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E-on £100 winter warmer, but.....
Hello, We found out that our suppliers E-on are paying over 65's a £100 winter bonus. Duly called but, they only recongise claims from those on pension credit. OH and myself are on Income Support. I've tasked himself with ringing DWP but anyone else come across this and have you found a solution please - thank you.
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My 89 year old mother and her Internet skills
I am about to help my Mother invest some money from the sale of her house. Have not yet decided whether to use an Independent Advisor or to just research everything myself. Now I know that there will be several potential investments that would be best opened using the Internet to get the best rates of return. My question…
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Deposit lump sum before 65, 200% paid out on death
I have just realised that my credit union offer a free life insurance type of cover on savings accounts. For any money saved and held in a credit union account before someone's 65th birthday, it is doubled upon death of the person and paid to their nominated beneficiary. So, put in £1,000 before your 65th birthday, and a…
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Unpaid Nursing Home fees after death - who is liable?
My DH is executor to the will of a lady who passed away at the end of February. She spent her last few years in a nursing home with dementia. She had little in the way of savings and therefore social services were contributing to her care, she was contributing her state pension and small private pension less the personal…
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Interest charges
I am trying to help my 60 year old mother settle the outstanding care home fees for my deceased grandmother. The outstanding amount via remittances advice from the council states the amount due/payable of £15,327.27. Last statement received Dec 2009. After contact via phone to establish suitable payment method a letter…
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So, are there any benefits to look forward to when I turn 50?
Only 4 months to go before I reach another milestone. I was wondering if there are there any monetary benefits when turning 50 besides cheaper motor insurance and claiming part of a private pension plan? ;)
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ELDC, Lincs. Free swims for over 60s
Just for October over 60's residents can swim free
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Can i cope with applying for probate on my own?
Thats basically it really.I've been reading about how slow solicitors are and i've been looking into doing this myself as the solicitor i rang wanted £600 to do the job:eek:. I'm the executor of my mums will.She passed away just before xmas:(.I lost my dad 7 years ago.Its pretty straight forward there won't be any…
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Collecting medication from surgery
I don't know if anyone can help with this. My husband has repeat prescriptions and each time he needs a new batch of medicaton he has to send a stamped addressed envelope to his doctor's surgery and they send the prescription back to him. He has to take this to the nearest pharmacist which is more than four miles away. A…
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please for advise on my mothers lasting power of attorney
hi..first post on here,i am going mad with worry,i hope to find someone either in same position and/or knows what i should do because i am at a loss of it all...my father died last november,he looked after my mum who is riddled with arthritus ,she is fully aware and all together in her mind,its just she cant do for…
