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Eye tests
I am due for an eye test. In the past I have managed to get free test from various offers but found that the optitians were not very hapy that I wanted the prescription only and then I got my glasses from a cut price place. The last time it was quite embarassing. I know tesco does free eye test but there isn't one near so…
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Waiting TEN YEARS for Probate - advice please
My step-father died ten years ago, and my elderly mother is still waiting for a settlement to the will. The estate is considerable and complicated. The lead executor is also the solicitor my step father used to draw up the will, which was delayed for some years due to disagreement and a lack of co-operation from the only…
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"Bath Knight" - any second hand value?
Just to explain what a "Bath Knight" is: A low voltage box of tricks screwed to the wall side of the bath. Inside the box is a "roller blind" worked by an electric motor. The length of the heavy duty cloth coming from the "roller blind" is draped across the bottom of the bath and the bather sits on the material while…
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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
