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safety non-slip slippers (the velcro ones) in extra wide
My mums feet have got much wider lately. She wears those safety non-slip slippers (the velcro ones). Can you buy those in extra wide anywhere? I can't find them in extra wide.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Advice on present for 70 year old dad
Hello all :D Not a money saving idea but advice required as I'm fast running out of ideas. As seen in the title my pa is 70 in a few weeks. He's still fit and mobile and gets about easily, spending my inheritance on holidays left, right and centre;) (he earned it he can spend the lot!) He loves diy but has everything he…
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Short Term, Long Term?
My son's girlfriend is hoping to change her job (cleaning) to the same job working with the NHS for slightly less hours. We have encouraged her to apply for this as she will be eligible to join the NHS Pension Scheme, one of the best in the country. I was telling a friend of mine this yesterday (she is a cleaner too) and…
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Getting pension details for tax return after death
I'm trying to do a tax return for my late father's estate, and I think I need to know how much state pension was paid to him between the start of the tax year and his death. The only information I seem to have here is bank statements, which aren't a lot of help because he was also getting Attendance Allowance, which isn't…
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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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funeral expenses
my mother has recently become a widow. the cost took us all by surprise of doing all that was needed. it has now worried her that i will have money problems when it comes to her time and wants to make sure that money is not a headache. she has seen various over 50s insurance plans on the tv no medical required etc but…
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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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This silver saver wants to downsize to small car.
I want to cut motoring costs by downsizing to a smaller 2 door car with cheapest road tax available. I'm particularly keen to hear from any silver savers out there who have recently bought a new car and are happy with it? I'll be driving in semi-urban area and very limited motorway trips. I love my automatic; are there any…
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Zipvit vitamins
I usually buy my Glucosamine at Healthspan. I have noticed zipvit vitamins are cheaper. Anybody here using this company, are they any good? Thanks
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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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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…
