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help need a medical bracelet for partners mum
Hi I need to find a braclet so that medical information can be written on a piece of paper and held in the bracelet. Paper because her medication changes depending on her current condition. Please can someone help. Done a google search but mainly see bling items or ones that have engraving on them. As she is not interested…
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Brown promises free home personal care
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/8281168.stm £400m to be transferred from NHS budget to enable people to get free care at home in England.
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Wireless headphones for tv
Can anyone tell me or recommend a pair of the above for an almost deaf relative. Has a pair of Panasonic which are ok but when in use they cut tv volume out for family. Ideally need a set that can bump up tv volume for personal [hard of hearing] listening, but allows rest of family to listen at normal volume. Are such…
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Is anyone a parish councillor?
Dear all, I've just seen an ad in the local paper for a vacancy for a parish councillor and wondered if someone could tell me what's involved. They don't have a website, newsletter or anything. I live in the area and have always been frustrated by lack of info about local issues so thought it would be a chance to do…
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Cheapest registered Pharmacist?
Hi all, Partly because of my age(I s'pose!)... 64, and partly because of a number of my regular medications, I am getting a regular private prescription from my doctor for 8tabs of 100mg Viagra:D Can anyone let me know of a reputable registered dispenser, via the internet, that can supply these pills at a reasonable…
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Advice needed for my Uncle
Hi I'm not sure if this is the right place, but I need a bit of help. I've also posted in the mortgae and endowments bit, but I think this might be the better :0) My Uncle who is 75, has a small amount left on his mortgage just so the bank will hold his deeds for him (his words) and as far as I know pays a small amount…
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winter fuel payment
I've been getting this myself since I was 60. DH is not yet 65 so he doesn't get it automatically and has never applied, therefore I get the full amount for us both. Is there any drawback to continuing to do this until he gets it in his own right at 65 when he draws his state pension? I know that 25 Sept is the deadline to…
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Police and the over 50s
Afternoon I have an interest in the Policing service provided to the over 50's and am looking for schemes that have been recieved positively around the country. In particular, I am looking at where Crime Prevention and Money Saving have been linked - you can imagine that some prevention measures cost money (though most…
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Guardian Angel - Yvonne Hossack - True Justice
True justice Yvonne Hossack, solicitor who works pro bono tirelessly to aid the sick, vulnerable, frail and elderly etc to the extent that councils hounded her for 'upsetting their apple cart' of care home closures and other detrimental actions against this group of people that seem to bear the brunt of any cuts and…
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My mums continuing care
My mother has had a stroke and is in hospital. She has had a continuing care assessment undertaken by a panel for continuing NHS funding. She did not pass the criteria and i intend to appeal. In the mean time the local Suffolk social services are asking me for her financial details and have sent me a form to fill in on my…
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Pension Credit Help
Was hoping someone could shed some light on this. My dad receives pension credit and he has been sent another form (a renewal? i am assuming his assessed income period has come to an end) asking for all his details etc. This is not a problem and he filled in the form and sent it. He now has received a letter asking him for…
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Outrage over new raid on your pensions
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/127143/Outrage-over-new-raid-on-your-pensions Did anybody read the Express today, re the government ripping off pensions again, is this just political trouble making or something that we should all be concerned about, any pension experts out there got the true facts about this?
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family trees and roots
I thought that I would start looking for my paternal roots as I have no knowledge whatsoever, having a father from Poland who fought in the Polish army from 1939 to 1947. He was exiled and couldn`t return home and never spoke about the dreadful times he had, fighting his way through Normandy up to Germany. What a long…
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"disposing of assets" (in order to reduce care home charges....)
Briefly, my in laws situation is that MIL is in full time residential care, and FIL is living at home with home carer visits. They are both self funding as their savings are beyond the Local Authority threshold. We were advised to divide their assets, before MIL went into the home, to protect FIL's share of their savings.…
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Life insurance or funeral plan?
Please forgive me if this is in the wrong section! What I would like to know is whether it is better to purchase a funeral plan for my mother or to try and get life insurance for her. My mother is presently in a nursing home as she has dementia, but is in good health apart from that. She has some life insurance but not…
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Manyof us elderly folk................
Many of us elderly folk, have entered the world of technology and now enjoy the internet, mobile phones etc. Some maybe, have entered it somewhat reluctantly, egged on by younger members of the family. I can't wait to tell younger members of my family of this mornings success in saving money, and thought I'd share it with…
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executeers of a will
My gran has recently died, in her will written in 2002, she has named 2 people to be executeers. Unfortunatly we have fallen out with one of the people chosen, who was a family friend. What do we do...can we proced with probate without her using just the 1 executeer? If so how do we do this? She is the type that will want…
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A good discount site for over 50's
Check out oscaruk.co.uk there's advice and details of lots of concessions for us seniors!
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Anyone inherited an intestate estate in Scotland?
Mother passed away recently, she was married to my father since 1949, no other marriages, father passed away 15 years ago, and I'm their only child (mother was an only child, too), and therefore I'm sole beneficiary. She passed without leaving a will, and as sole beneficiary I wish to gain executor dative status in order…
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A nice little earner?
Most of us are aware that probate can take a while, particularly if the diceased did not make a will. Earlier this month it was announced that interest of 2.5 points above base rate – 3% – will be charged on any inheritance tax (IHT) due that is not paid within six months of an individual’s death. At the same time, it was…
