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How much Winter fuel allowance.
My Mum has today received a letter stating that she will receive £125 for WFA as someone else who was entitled to her was living with her on the qualifying date. However, my Father had gone into a nursing home a month earlier and should have had this as his new address. However, social services may have taken time to show…
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Something FREE!!! for the over 60's
http://www.ageuk.org.uk/home-and-care/home-safety-and-security/handyvan/ This is a service from which you can get some free security deals. Click on the link and have a look :) I hope its useful to someone:) • Free Home Security for over 60s If you are 60 or over, and your savings or assets (excluding your home) do not…
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HELP with Power of Attorney
I am desperate! I control my disabled mothers finances through HSBC internet banking. Set up about 4 years ago with my POA. She cant write or speak very well and is in an expensive care home. I use the internet nearly every day to check her money and juggle to pay bills. She has also been targetted by lottery scams so I…
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Deprivation of Capital/Care Home Fees
Please can someone advise of give an opinion on our situation. My mother has been in a residential care home for almost 2 years. As she suffers from Parkinson's it is highly likely that she will shortly need to transfer to nursing care. She has to pay her own care home fees and we have recently sold her house in order to…
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how much is it for residential care s yorks
My grandma may have to go in a residential home can someone please give me an idea as to what prices she would expect to pay, she will be self funded. She lives in south yorkshire. Thankyou
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Cavity wall insulation / over 70
Had the insulation people in and have been informed that because the whole house cannot be done I cannot have it free. Apparently the front of the house which is stone cannot have cavity wall insulation as the stone is irregular. Can anyone confirm the grant situation?
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Toys for grandchilden.
What toys have you bought to amuse your grandchildren in your home? I need some inspiration as they grow older.
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Benefits Wales to England
Can anyone answer a question for me please. If my husband and I move home from Wales Into England, do the benefits (that have taken me 12 months to finally get ) :) get transfered automatically with me, OR must I go through the whole process of applying and being accessed again.
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2011 Age UK Internet Champion Deadline 30 Nov
Hi everyone We've had this press release that might interest some of you! Subject: Letter to Editor from Martha Lane-Fox, UK Digital Champion For immediate release Dear Sir, I am writing to remind readers that there are two weeks left to enter the Age UK Internet Champion of the Year search (deadline Tuesday 30th…
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How do you decide when an elderly person needs to move into a care home?
Hi I'm just wondering what the criteria is, if any, to decide when an elderly person needs to move into a care home, especially when that person is suffering with alzheimers?
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council tax, rent and pension credits
hello all, right i apologist if this is in the wrong board but i do hope you can help - not for my sake but for my father in law. he lives in rented accommodation in Plymouth, his army pension and state pension combined mean he is over the threshold for pension credits by £2 a week - this is per plymouth councils benefit…
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Stairlift companies in Birmingham?
Hi Can anyone recommend a stairlift company in the Birmingham area? Thanks Sue
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Blood Donating for over-50s
I've just given blood today for the first time for years! I couldn't give for many years as I was on blood pressure tablets, glad to say I am now off them as my bp is normal. :) Much more stuff to read than years ago and the health questionnaire is much longer than it used to be. Glad I went, I don't feel faint or tired so…
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Xmas Family Entertainment
My 88 year old dad is visiting for Xmas and I'm looking for suggestions for family entertainment which involves the whole family. As he's not good on his feet it would need to be a sit down activity. Do you know of a board game / card game that might be suitable ? In the past we've played dominoes (which he always wins…
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How does you spending (yearly budget) change with age (65+)?
I have been trying to work out a basic budget for my mother (late 60s) to help plan her investments. Although we have an accurate idea of how much she is spending now, we've found it much more difficult to work out how her spending habits might change in the future (in particular because of age). I guess this is very…
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Grandmothers - what makes a good gift to you?
Hope you don't mind me posting here... I need some help choosing a present for my Grandma :) She has diabetes and can barely leave the house anymore and I've run out of ideas on things to get her :( If anyone can suggest anything, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks :)
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St James Place Wealth Management
Hi has anyone used this company for will writing or advice,i have received information regarding there services and am looking to sort our affairs out.
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How much do you spend in Tesco every week since retiring?
Up until I retired I never paid any attention to how much my wife and I spent on our weekly shopping as my wife paid for the shopping on her credit card and paid it all off from her bank account every month. Now that we are both retired I set up online banking and manage both my bank account and my wife's bank account…
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DIY Wills
Sorry but I am not sure where to put this post. Somewhere on this forum I read there was a will pack for about £12 but I can't find that post. However, I went into Smith's today, their will pack is nearly £25. Can anyone tell me where I can find either the post (to find out the information) or better still, where I can…
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Has anyone used this financial advice service?
Just wondering if anyone had used this free (initially) advice service to get some help planning for retirement or for investments or whatever. The site is called "Advice Forum". The website at ****hmm no links allowed it seems*** well you could google it. Or it is "advice-forum" dot "co" dot "uk". I was wondering if they…
