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Sharing a house with Grandma instead of a care home - Inheritance tax.
Hi all My first post here, I'm hoping you can help work out the potential options for my Mum to help my Grandmother. My Grandmother (who is in her 90s) got quite sick last month and now needs someone to help her get up in mornings and to prepare her meals. At the moment my Mum is commuting from her house to work to look…
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Over 60.... Work or benefits
Hope I don't get too much flak for posting this on here but just wondered if anyone else has had similar experiences they wish to relate . I just checked my old age pension forecast and find I have paid 47 consecutive years of work . The last 30 years as self-employed until the recession finished us off 3 months ago but I…
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Will's, Deeds of Variation and Probate
Firstly, Apologies for chosing to post here, there didn't seem to be a more suitable section of the forum to put this in, and there seem to be plenty of similar posts dotted around. Unfortunately my dad died 2 weeks ago, and I'm trying to help mum sort everything out. Without going into the details here , it looks like we…
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55 yrs promotions ?
I know about club 55 rail Promotion £18 return on trains in scotland but What other promos /freebies / etc are there for Over 55's Not for me of course but my great great granny lol
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Probate - collecting the money
Just in the hope it might help someone else a quick update of progress and then a question: 13/2/2011 Mum passed away. Dad died 2006 leaving a £200,000 trust. The beneficiaries of my mum's estate and the trust are my brother and I. There was a will. We were close to the tax limit depending upon house valuation. May and…
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National Express Bonanza
Check out the Summer Savings with National Express but, beware! I wanted to go to Coventry from Cornwall and the fare listed was £16.25p.Single. The fare to Leamington Spa some 10 miles away was just £4.50p. Single. I then found that the same coach that I was on was continuing to Coventry and all I had to pay was an extra…
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Merry Wives of Windsor free viewing in Newport on Sunday 17 July
Newport City Council are offering 'senior citizens' the chance to watch the dress rehearsal of The Merry Wives of Windsor in a covered pavillion at Tredegar House, Newport on Sunday evening 17 July. You need to get tickets which they will post to you, from the Riverfront Centre Box Office on 01633 656757. The rehearsal…
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Article Writing
Not exactly money saving as much as money making! When most people get to the age of 50 or beyond, they have a whole host of interesting experiences in their brains. Article writing can pay very good dividends. Since the PC became common, writing is a lot easier than it was. No more messing about re-typing mistakes or…
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inheritance tax and signing over the house
Hi all, Bit of a strange question this and was unsure where to put it but here goes. My grandmother signed over her house to my uncle 6 years ago and since then has got dementia and my uncle had been caring for her in the home for the last 3 years. Last week my uncle suddenly died and his Will states that his 2 sons are to…
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I am now officially OK to post in this bit!
Just turned 50 but I still feel 17 in my head, I danced the night away with my friends and family last night and I have spent the morning opening cards and gifts. Not found the downside yet LOL:beer:
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Blood pressure monitor
I know it's time I started monitoring my health, and want to start by trying to get off BP tablets (or at least, not having to take any more than one a day). Can anyone recommend a blood pressure monitor that's (a) effective, and (b) not too expensive? A friend of mine bought one of those wrist monitors and she said it was…
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Complicated questions, help needed.
Hi, Please bear with me on this as it's complicated and I could post this in a number of places. My Mums close friend (who I will refer to as my Aunt as that's what I've always called her) has been taken into hospital this week after having a stroke and been told she will be in hospital a few weeks and then rehabilitation…
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Free loft insulation for over 70
Official Insert If you've landed here because you're looking for loft insulation deals head over to our Loft Insulation guide. Back to loulou41's original post... ---- Friend will be 70 this week and I told him he qualifies for free loft insulation, may be a top up as he did it himself two years ago. His concern is he will…
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Nursing home top up:Intimidated by Assessor,
I am 55 and permenently disabled in a wheelchair which I have been for 12 years. Since becoming ill, I have been living with my elderly mother. I am her only child and her only beneficiary. During this time, she has paid all the household bills, refusing point blank to take any money from me and refusing to let me pay for…
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How Much Would a Solicitor Charge if appointed as Executor of Will?
Hi - I know this is like asking how long is a piece of string, but some indication would be helpful. I have an elderly friend who was persuaded by her solicitor to appoint himself as one of her executors. I have told her this could prove expensive, and he could well end up with a lot of money that she would far rather went…
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Transferring Shares
I hope this is the right place to post this! My father is 91 and I help him with his financial stuff. He is very sharp even at 91 but doesn't use computers etc so I help with that. I have no financial expertise and basically just do what he asks. He is aware that at 91 he needs to make things as simple as possible with…
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Advice on whether to divorce in retirement
One of my friends has been happily married for about 30 years. Mainly because they have been separated for something like the last 25. Both of them are reliable, sensible and caring people and they get on well. They never got divorced as neither of them ever wants to get married again and they didn't want to pay the court…
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pendant round neck
looking for a pendant to go round my mums neck as she lives alone. her local council do one £11 a month. she is on benefits is there any way she can get one any cheaper. somebody told her the fire brigade do it.any help out there .thanks
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Absolutely Free Cavity Wall Insulation
Good evening everyone, we are with Age Concern Powergen electricity only (we have no gas!) and if you are over 60 you can have cavity wall insulation on your home for nothing. You do not have to be on pension credit or benefits. We also understand that Scotpower are doing something similar, hope this may help someone to…
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Solicitor, conveyancer, or financial planner?
Hi, I am hoping for some advice. My dad has recently had to go into a nursing home as his dementia suddenly took a dramatic turn for the worse. At the moment, he has been assessed as eligible for CHC, so currently, his nursing home fees are being state-funded, but, I doubt this will continue in light of economic…
