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Travel insurance for a 60 y/o with a bad back
Hi, I hope someone can help me. My mum is 60 and going to France for 10 days later this month. I would like to buy her travel insurance. She suffered with some back problems a couple of months ago that left her with really bad pain in her left leg for about a month. Luckily she is now 100% fine but this problem could…
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Gran Possible Dementia?
Gosh i really don't know where to start. Myself and my family think my gran may have dementia, the past two weeks have been really bad. Gran has lost her purse twice and her keys she has taken to calling me by my cousins name and she has been putting stuff in strange places(glasses have been in cutlery drawer bag of flour…
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Ancestry.co.uk - Who do you think you are?
Has anyone tried the Ancestry.co.uk 14 day free trial? :confused:
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OU Financial Support
Hi My sister, who is 72, would like to do an OU course. She doesn't receive any benefits and has no savings but just lives on her pension. Would she get financial support from the OU or does she need to be in receipt of benefits before she can get help. Thanks Jackie
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25% tax free pension cash. What did you do with it?
I look after my dh`s sipp which contains his lifelong pension transferred from his work. I can vest it anytime I want and he is 62 this week. In the meantime we are doing fine, living on my pension and savings I want to think about options for the cash element of 25%. Yes we could be sensible and invest £20,000 year on…
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Help needed for my parents please
Hi, i dont know if this is the right place to post this so please move if needed. My mum is 65 and has retired this year on a basic state pension and my dad is 2 years from retirement. He has just found out hes going to be put on a three day week next month with a possibility of being made redundant if things dont pick up.…
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Downsizing - Benefits affected
My MIL is in her 70's and has decided to sell her house and move closer to us. She currently recieves pension credit and council tax benefit. When she downsizes, it looks like she will have a chunk of money left over, which she would like to use to do up the new house and buy new furniture etc. Can she do this without…
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Help on "Court of Protection"
Good morning everyone. Reading a number of threads here, there have been some advice regarding "Court of Protection". Both my parents have been diagnosed with dementia, sadly this coming week they will leave their home of some 45 plus years (under the Mental Health Act) to spent the rest of their days in a dementia…
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Panic Button
I am writing this post on behalf of my Grandma, who has recently had a fall. We are all a bit worried, and want to ensure that if it ever happens in the future, she won't be left alone until someone next visits. I believe that you can get a panic button that is either attached to a necklace, or worn on the wrist, so that…
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Timeshare/Holiday club
Does anybody have any infomation about Excalibor Marketing, Apartado de Correos 23 Algarrobo. When checking email address [EMAIL="info@excalibormarketing.info"]info@excalibormarketing.info[/EMAIL] Google has it down as unsafe. Has anybody had any dealings with this company?
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Your Care (UK) Ltd
Can someone please tell me more about Your Care (UK) Ltd, care agency in the North West. I am thinking of using it for my uncle's but i have heard that it is not very reliable.
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Freedom Pass 24 hours extension?
I've just heard from a friend that the Freedom Pass, for over 60's was extended so we can travel at peak times (before 9am) since the 1st April 2009. That means I've spent over £75 extra on travel, as I didn't know! :hello: Do you think I will be able to claim this back? Thanks
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Making a will
I need to make a will. I hae no one to be an exexcutor and I may use a will aking service W.T. P. base in Bath,to write the will and take it through probate. Has anyone any experience of them or another recommendation. Many thanks.
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Any point in applying for jobs if over 60 female 65 male
I wonder if others have any experience of this. A female friend said they phoned the council who were advertising a job who (the council) said yes still apply. It is clear that they can't discriminate but what is the point as it was obvious they wanted someone younger?
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When to apply for your free bus pass
Do you apply when you have reached, or past, your actual 60th birthday or before in anticipation of the birthday? My friend has been told not to apply before their birthday which seems wrong as they admit it takes a week or two to get the pass out:confused:
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Power of attorney - necessary?
I've been looking into this with reference to my mum. Due to her increasingly frail health, her signature changes all the time and she now has bouts of confusion. I can see her having problems accessing her own money due to her signature problems. (She is unable to operate a cashpoint and has a passbook account instead).…
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Loan to granddaughter
Hi, would it be ok to make a loan to my granddaughter of several thousand pounds, to help her up the housing ladder. My idea is to alter my will to leave her the same amount which would then pay the loan off back to my estate. I am fortunate to have enough of a pension to not need the cash which is lying in a savings…
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Retirement in Ireland
Hi. I'm a new user of this site. My husband and I retired to Southern Ireland about five years ago. We have modernised an old cottage which has taken most of what little money we had to start with! We have about £10,000 in a UK bank account which, of course, is now paying hardly any interest. We don't expect to need to use…
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Problem with old will
They have eventually given me a copy of my uncles will, after much nagging and nagging. My uncle always told me that his estate was to be split between my sister and myself and she was the executor. I was fine with that as she is the clever one. I did think it was funny when they phoned to say that I was executor. But now…
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Enduring/Lasting Power of Attorney
Hi This is my first post, so forgive me if it is in the wrong place. My husband and i started the process of putting together Enduring Power of Attorney about 5 years ago, the original paperwork is with our solicitors and we have copies. We are considering changing our solicitors and will then write new wills. At the…
