by David Dexter | Feb 3, 2014 | Latest News
The reported death today of the Oscar winning actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman, once again illustrates that whilst death is inevitable for all it is also very unpredictable . At the age of 46 who would have expected the inevitable to occur. How many of us would think to...
by David Dexter | Dec 11, 2013 | Latest News
The number of elderly people ‘living in sin’ has doubled in a decade according to the Office of National Statistics. In their 80’s and 90’s these older people now believe the social stigma which previous generations associated with living...
by David Dexter | Oct 15, 2013 | Latest News
During its hearing on the new deferred Care Fees policy it emerged in the House of Lords yesterday that all is not as it originally appeared . Instead of a ‘universal’ scheme it now appears that Local Councils will decide whether pensioners with assets...
by David Dexter | Sep 5, 2013 | Latest News
NFU Mutual Insurance group has just reported the results of a study into the high cost of Care Home fees. It indicates that over the last five years a million homes have had to be sold to pay care fees. Over two million elderly people have had to use their savings to...
by David Dexter | Aug 22, 2013 | Latest News
It is interesting to read the newspaper reports of the Will of the late Michael Winner. Despite his flamboyant boasts about his personal wealth his net estate does not appear sufficient to meet in full all the various legacies he bequeathed to his wife and previous...
