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Safeguarding the grandchildrens' inheritance
My wife and I are both 70. Only one child, our daughter (38), with children aged 9 and 7. We want to make wills, leaving much of our 'estate' to our daughter but also leaving a tidy sum for our two grandchildren when they reach 18 or 21 (not decided yet). We are reluctant to simply leave their cash for our daughter to look…
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Help for MIL
Hi folks, Hoping to tap into other's brilliant ideas. Warning longish post! My MIL has recently been moved by us to a home - for a 'holiday' for a while. She has vascular dementia and although her long term memory is ok her short term memory is dreadful. She lived a long way from us and we were getting very distressing…
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Pension warning
Something has happened to a friend of a friend that I find unreasonable and would like to warn others about it. At age 56 this woman was medically retired from an office job at Tesco. She was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a mastectomy then about 18 months later a reconstruction. While all that was going on one of…
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NHS Continuing Healthcare For Severe Dementia DST Eligibility Requirements
Hi We are having the first full NHS Continuing healthcare assessment on my mother-in-law who has severe dementia next week. I see the assessment invloves filling in a DSt (Decision support tool) which has 12 domains scored at 6 levels (no need through to priority need although some domains no not have the top 2 levels) I…
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Mobility Scooter to sell
Hi, I am selling my Dad's mobility scooter and would like to know if there is a website where I can advertise it for free rather than putting it on ebay. There are quite a few websites selling cars and boats! Fortyfoot
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where can I buy clothes for old person
where can I buy clothes suitable for an 80 year old woman . first off she needs a new coat ,but needs to be warm and have a hood . After that we will work on everything else .
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care for the elderly and rights as grandaughter:UPDATE
hi someone told me to post here as you may be able to answer all my questions my nan is in hospital at the moment, she has a brain tumour but is in good spirits, she is awaiting further tests and we will know more after xmas. before she went into hospital she had discussed going into a home with her son, my uncle. since…
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home help and christmas presents
an elderly relative has home helps 3 times a day . AM call ,make breakfast put on washing give tablets do shopping wash dishes ,make bed . Lunch call ,heat meal in microwave ,hang up washing . Night time give two tablets Two people each call . She is now thinking she would need to buy them something for christmas . these…
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Kettle Tipper For Arthritic People?
Hi Everyone I've been asked by my nan to look into a kettle tipper for her. Her arthritis is getting visibly worse as time goes on. She has a problem now with lifting anything heavy. This is beginning to rule out even simple things for her, like cooking. Making tea is getting to be a problem, the kettle is difficult for…
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Sheltered housing (privatly owned)
hello all, don't often read this board, so please be gentle!! I'm looking for advice regarding my cousin who is in his mid 50's and has a learning disability. We have been thinking that sheleterd accomodation, maybe a flat, would suit him perfectly but we know very little about a private (as oppsed to a LA run ) scheme.…
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Bus journeys - can I take my dog?
I can't wait to get my free bus pass so I can visit all the places I never could afford to go to before, but as it's a million years (well nearly!) since I last used a bus I wondered if I can take my dog with me? Is that allowed? And how much would she cost? She's used to coming everywhere with me at the moment, even to…
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Swine flu, to have or not to have, that is the question.
Having recently received an invitation to be given the so called swine flu vacination, I wondered what percentage of people have :- had it and experienced any symptoms? had it and not experienced any? turned it down and why?
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Should I tell my Mum she needs full time care?
Hello Silver Surfers! I'll be over 50 myself on Monday but my question concerns my Mum. She's currently in temporary care in a local residential home and has been assessed by the local Social Services Department to be in need of full time residential care. We are in the process of activating Power of Attorney which will…
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Making A Will - Or Not
Apologies if this has been asked before, I've been googling and confused myself regarding The Order of Distribution for Intestate Estates. Basically, I am single with no children, my closest living relatives are two cousins, one I have neither seen nor spoken to for about fifteen years, the other I am in regular contact…
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NEARLY RETIREMENT AGE - and could be about to claim benefit
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Am I liable as an Executor for a late bill.
I wonder if anyone can advise me on a problem that is worrying me. I was the executor of my late mother-in-law's estate. I optained probate in June this year and distributed the proceeds in line with the will (I did not use a solicitor). I have now received a bill from the local council for several thousand pounds which is…
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Where to Start with Care for my Grandma
Hi All, New, so apologies if this is covered somewhere else. What's the best way to go about funding care for my Grandma? To cut a long story short, my grandma is soon to be dischaged from hospital and we expect that it will be recommended she needs care. My mother is closer to this situation than I am, but I have offered…
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Not moneysaving - but desperate help needed. WWII song!!
An acquaintance of mine has a daughter who has been given a WWII song to learn - for tomorrow! Unfortunately she's lost the song sheet, and all she can remember is: *********************************** once upon a time, thats how all the good stories start but theres only one thing its not home…
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Walk in baths
Does anyone have any experience of the walk in baths that used to be advertised on tv? Mum is finding it a little difficult to get in and out of the bath and is looking at maybe getting one of these so would be grateful to hear any tips, experiences etc. Thanks fs
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Christmas cards
I have already posted over 20 Christmas cards to friends and family who live far away and have about another 15 to do. DH hasn't started writing any yet, but he always does his own friends and relatives himself. I can't decide what to do about my former colleagues. A group of us who have retired meet up from time to time…
