Trades
May 9, 2024
Most tradespeople are honest and trustworthy but it doesn’t matter what our age, we’ve all had a tradesperson who didn’t care, or who was in a rush to do some work for us. And I bet we didn’t follow them up on each of those visits. Imagine then if we ende...
Having a community around you
May 2, 2024
Many things I’ve read and heard recently herald the importance of having a community around you as you get older. Those living in isolation tend to live shorter, less happy lives. A community can be friends and neighbours or people you see all the time. H...
Choosing a mobile phone
April 25, 2024
Do you need to choose a mobile for yourself as an older person or for an older loved one? Here are our top tips:Is this the first time you’ve had a mobile phone? If so, consider a phone with just a few apps so it is not overwhelming. Doro https://www.doro...
Helping you tame your admin
April 18, 2024
Is your admin out of control? Do you have papers everywhere? Do you miss appointments regularly or miss deadlines? Here are some of our top tips to get back on track, whatever your age.Write it down. If you use paper and pen, great, but have it in one...
Planning for the inevitable
April 11, 2024
The inevitable will happen to all of us and it’s good to get planning and talking about it before we go. The inevitable might be that your attorneys need to act for you or help you during your lifetime or it might be information for your executors when you die. ...
Getting Care At Home
April 4, 2024
So, you’ve decided that the best thing for your loved one (or you) is to get some help with care at home. It could be help with meals, or with personal care, cleaning or companionship, or a mixture of all of these things. If you have more than £23,250 in savin...
How to effectively deal with post
March 28, 2024
Do you find you get post that you don’t deal with? It is very boring after all! You do need to open it so it doesn’t get lost, but you don’t need to deal with it straight away. Here’s our video from last year and three top tips:Open envelopes on the day y...
Tax in retirement
March 21, 2024
HMRC should send you a PAYE coding notice each year, unless they believe that a source of PAYE income is not chargeable to tax, or if you do not have a liability to tax on any PAYE-source income. Being retired doesn’t stop you from being liable for tax or from receiv...
Getting online to make your life easier - part 2
March 14, 2024
Following on from our first ten reasons to learn the internet last week, here are some more reasons to learn the internet, if you want to:Search for recipes to use up food in your fridge or larderCheck the news and weatherCheck your bank statementsIf you’re still driving y...
Getting on line to make your life easier
March 7, 2024
More and more companies are making our lives ‘easier’ by delivering their services online. But it’s only ‘easier’ if you grew up with computers or have used them for your job. If you’re older and you don’t have a device then it’s very annoying and...
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