Bank ' ROBBED ' my 82yr old father

margaretclare

sloughflint wrote:

I am only in my thirties but I agree with ts_aly2000.Maybe I'm old before my time but I think values in general are changing sometimes not for the better. I could start rambling but I will resist.
As far as this thread is concerned, I think the point is not so much age but lack of flexibility with banks. It only takes a mini stroke that could occur at any age and one could find it difficult to remember numbers or memorable facts.Banking has definitely lost the personal touch.I am one of those that loves internet banking and huff and puff if I have to go in person to a bank for something but I know that this doesn't suit everyone.

Hi

I've recently experienced the convenience and the ease of the modern methods. I had major hip surgery in early December, was in hospital for 10 nights. And all the time I was in there I was thinking 'no need to worry about the bills, the direct debits all go out regular as clockwork in the first few days of every month'. People all around me were stressing about not being able to get out to fetch their pension, do their Christmas shopping etc. I was totally unworried. Once I got home, I was able to check my accounts, move money around, do everything from sitting in my chair, while looking out of the window at people struggling out in bad weather and freezing cold. I've only just started driving again, and started walking without a stick for the first time in ages.

I know about mini-strokes. My first husband had them - he died in 1992. But even when he was obviously 'losing it', he could always reel off his forces numbers, where he'd served etc. And I would always advise any elderly man - most will have had some forces connection, National Service etc - to use part of his forces number as a PIN, the name of his ship or RAF base, whatever, as a memorable piece of information. I've never met one yet who lost recall of these things, even if they forgot other things!

Aunty Margaret