Grandparents
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Community help in retirement
Not everyone has friends and family nearby to help them in retirement. However, there are other resources available to help.
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Deciding to move into a care home
Making the decision to go into a care home is never an easy decision. In-home care is a great alternative, but it doesn’t work for everyone.
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Why might you want to move in later life?
We help many different types of people move home, not just older people.
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Driving as you get older
As you get older you may find that you use your car less, but want to keep hold of it to maintain your independence. Your loved ones might be trying…
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Internet banking
Most of us do internet banking these days, but if we are older we may not have got into that, or we might distrust it and feel that it is…
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Stay hydrated
As you get older you need to drink more water to keep hydrated to compensate for your body’s decrease in its ability to retain water.
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Attendance allowance
Attendance Allowance: It is a government benefit that helps with extra costs if you are over state pension age and need someone to help look after you.
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Having a community around you
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…
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Choosing a mobile phone
Do you need to choose a mobile for yourself as an older person or for an older loved one? Here are our top tips.
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Planning for the inevitable
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…
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Getting Care At Home
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…
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How to effectively deal with post
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…
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Tax in retirement
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…
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Getting on line to make your life easier
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…
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Choosing your attorneys
You don’t have to have the same attorneys for both health and welfare and finance. You can have different ones.
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Power of Attorney
Have you written and registered your power of attorney yet? You’re never too young; it doesn’t matter what age you are, if something happens to you and you can’t make…
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Getting your home ready to downsize
So you’ve decided to downsize and you are putting your home on the market. So, what should you do to get it ready?
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When should you downsize?
There is never a good time to downsize. Many of our clients wish they’d done it much sooner, but acknowledge they probably thought they were invincible 10 years earlier.