by David Dexter | Jan 18, 2013 | Latest News
A new report reveals that record numbers of pensioners are funding their own care fees. 57% of elderley care home residents-231000-are either fully or part funding their care home fees. This is higher than ever before. At the same time the fees are rapidly increasing...
by David Dexter | Nov 14, 2012 | Latest News
A report released today by the Local Government Information Unit warns that 1 in 4 pensioners who fund their own care fees will end up losing their home and almost all their savings. It states that as many as 40000 people who fund their own care fees will see their...
by David Dexter | Nov 6, 2012 | Latest News
A recent case in Staffordshire has highlighted the risks to family Executors of Wills . An early distribution of the Estate of her mother to members of the family, after meeting funeral costs , has resulted in a personal liability to the daughter . It resulted from...
by David Dexter | Oct 18, 2012 | Latest News
Reported in the Daily Mail on 17 October are details of a 90 year old who is being prevented from accessing his savings to pay his care fees by the Yorkshire Building Society who says it cannot recognise his signature. The elderly pensioner is still sound of mind and...
by David Dexter | Oct 11, 2012 | Latest News
Having to pay for his own dementia care fees a retired RAF officer died almost penniless last month in a care home in Wales. His family had been forced to sell his home approximately six years earlier in order to meet the fees of up to £2800 per month. Reported in the...
