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Anchor/Hanover sheltered housing issues.
Since 2017 I've been living in sheltered accommodation with Anchor, latterly known as Anchor/Hanover. Recently alarm has been created due to changes proposed by the company, which will remove managers based wholly at specific locations. Added to this, a few weeks ago gasps were elicited at the location where I live when a…
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Changes to Power of Attorney
Hi, my Mum and Dad wanted my brother and myself as Power of Attorney, this was discussed with their solicitor, however our circumstances started to change and we asked for the solicitor to put it on hold for the time being, to cut a long story short my brother passed away and my Dad passed 7 months later, that will be 2…
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TV license discount for sheltered housing.
I brought this up and was told that management tried but were turned down due to all customers not meeting the criteria and again after appealing that they would take off those customers still no. I don't understand what this means. Does anyone know how to find help with this? Thanks.
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Lasting Power of Attorney
Hello, Can people give me an idea of how much it should cost typically for a Lasting Power Of Attorney document to be created please?
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Downsizing or upgrading existing home? Thoughts...
I live in a really nice location but my home is in need of a total redesign. I am 70 ish, healthy, ok financially and wondering whether to downsize or spend money on upgrading existing home. My main concern is that bus service here is not good, but I could afford taxis. At the moment I drive but who knows when that may be…
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Dementia television remote control
I have had previous help from this forum. My 95-year-old mother has been diagnosed as not having dementia. However, she exhibits many of the hallmarks of dementia and has macular degeneration. I have now seen to the clock, the microwave oven, the falls detector and the DECT phone. Now I have to look at the television. She…
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Hearing Tests- High Street, NHS or Private
I need a hearing test and probably a hearing aid. The quality of my hearing strongly suggests that. I'd like to hear from those who have went down the NHS route or the Private route. There appear to be several options; use a High Street tester like Specsavers or Boots or ask your doctor to arrange an appointment for you…
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Saga Magazine- Disgusted!
So, I buy a lifetime subscription to Saga Magazine in 2002 for a sum that I don’t remember ( It seemed a lot at the time) now they tell me that I can only continue to have a physical copy posted to my home if I pay them £29.95 per year. Otherwise I just get a digital copy. Digital doesn’t work for my wife due to sight…
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Claiming French pension from the UK
I wondered if anyone has any experience of this? My OH has been through the process via the Newcastle Pension Centre for a small French pension he accrued a few years back. He has finally, after a very long time, received a calculation from l'Assurance Retraite, and also an Attestation d'existence form to complete. The…
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Paying Class 2 voluntary NI contributions
Hi, I hope I have come to the right place! I attempted to make a payment to HMRC today. ie Making up a missing National Insurance 'gap' in my NI contributions from 2015-16. During that period I was self employed (I was running small CIC). However, the HMRC member explained that although I had been self employed during…
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Pension Credit
I became pension age on 9/4 I get my first payment on 2/5 and my pip on 26/4 I applied for pension credit on 13/1 but this still hasn’t come through is there any financial help available until my benefits come through and how can I stop getting fobbed off by pension credit who keep saying your pension credit is pending we…
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Avios
My husband and I had an avios account with 50,000 points in, but it has disappeared and we were not given any notice of this to allow us to keep the account active, is there anything we can do. I have tried to contact them on multiple occasions without any success. Thankyou
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Ceiling hoist repair
My Ceiling hoist (Prism medical) has stopped chargeing and I need to get it repaired. We purchased the hoist ourselves and I still need to pay for repairs myself but since the death of my husband last year and the increased prices everywhere things are getting tight. Does anyone know who I could contact for a repair?…
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Query about state pension increases.
Hi everyone, My husband is apparently on the old state pension. He has the full one with guaranteed pension credits, with an extra amount because I have to live on it aswell. I am 65 and won't get a pension. The state pension was supposed to go up by 10.1%, but my husband got his pension in today, and it's only gone up by…
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Retirement planning - have you revised your figures?
Hi, There was thread somewhere on this section of the forum I'm sure, which was about retirement figures. The numbers seemed more realistic than on the main pensions board, and a lot of the posts were in relation to DB pensions. Given the increase in the cost of living, have any of you revised your figures? For those of…
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Best online supermarket shopping for elderly living alone
I am trying to help a family member, who is a recent widow. Her husband drove the car and they both went shopping together. I have given her a tablet, so she can get familiar with it. She is nervous, but she can use an android phone. I want her to learn online shopping , so she can buy thing as needed. Her main shopping…
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Sheltered housing and the energy discount.
I live in sheltered housing (Anchor) and charges for heating and hot water are included in the rent I pay. Charges for electricity I pay separately, to an energy supplier chosen by me. Is anybody else is in a similar position to me? I'm just wondering how this impacts the energy discount of £400 we've all been promised?
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State Pensions + Personal Tax Allowance
Our state pensions will go up in April, BUT the personal tax allowance stays the same. That means that there'll be more income for them to tax. (We are both retired, but both have to pay tax.) Will we end up ahead, or stay the same? It seems to me that if we stay the same, we're going to end up worse off, because of cost…
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Great 'What discounts can I get now I'm over 60?' Hunt - 2022
This is a new thread to carry on the good work of the Great 'What discounts can I get now I'm over 60?' Hunt thread now that it's 2022.
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Dementia-friendly microwave oven
I am not sure whether my 94-year-old mother suffers from dementia, but she exhibits various cognitive impairment traits. She has a carer attending in the morning, I care for her at midday, and she manages to heat her evening meal and put herself to bed. I am failing to teach her to use the microwave oven. The button…