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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…
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If father goes into care
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Retired and what to do all day
I am asking for a male friend who is stuck for ideas on what a man could do in retirement. There are no grandchildren or children or anything like that? Wanted to see what people do especially ideas for men.
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Silver Dreams Fund.
The BBC Radio 4 programme featured Peter Ainsworth ("Chair") and Angela Rippon (personality) for the The Big Lottery fund promoting "The Silver Dreams" sub fund. It has £110 million to give away over three years. To quote Angela "You could have another 30 years of active life when you retire - why waste it?"…
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Funding for WW2 veterans/widows/merchant seamen/ATs/WAAF to visit former battlefields
Ex POW urges comrades to claim £££££££s "If you or your loved ones fought anywhere in WW2 from Europe to the Mediterranean to the Far east. Ex POW Ted Cachart is calling on you! to join him for one last mission back to former battlefields and memorial sites. Grants of up to £5,500 to help fund the trips are only available…
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Family Tree Maker Software
Like everybody else I've just watched the Richard Madely Who Do You Think You Are? program last night and then heard him talking about it on radio2 this morning. I keep all my family history on my computer in a program called Family Tree Maker and I thought forum users might be interested to know that I have just found a…
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It's not always downhill!
This section of the forum can be a little downbeat due to the nature of the topics, so I thought I’d add a true tale about someone who spent some money in their mother’s retired years On meeting a guy I hadn’t seen for a few years, they told me they had moved house. I was surprised as they loved their house He said “We did…
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Dividends on death of shareholder
Looking for a bit of advice about my parents shares. My parents have wills and my Dad (age 92) is in all probability, likely to die before Mum. He wants to make sure that Mum still gets dividends from shares after he dies as this is their main source of income. So my question is: when Dad dies his Will states his shares…
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Mortgages expiring @ age 70, Age discrimination??
Dear all & thanks in advance for any thoughts.. As I was wandering the hills of the West Highlands of Scotland yesterday I returned to something that's been bothering me: What to do about mortgages expiring @ age 70. Appreciate I'm in a very privileged position. I'm 63 and in not much more than 6 years time the mortgages…
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Property in joint names
My daughter and I are planning to Buy To Let. We can pay cash, 50% each. It occurs to me that the simplest way of holding the property is Tenants In Common then, when I die, 50% stays with Daughter and 50% goes into my estate. But it also occurs to me that, if we were to hold it as Joint Tenants, then she would become the…
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GLUCOSAMINE. Save £60 a Year
If like me you have found that taking GLUCOSAMINE (and remember 1500 mg is recommended by doctors as the daily dose) cures knee and other joint problems and would like an inexpensive source of supply, the answer lies here. At High Street chemists like Boots a year's supply would cost you in the region of £90 you can get a…
