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Another 20000 homes sold to pay for Care Fees.

Headlines in the Daily Mail today reports that another 20000 homes had to be sold last year to pay for care fees of the elderly who had to move into Nursing or Care Homes. With annual fees now reaching an average of almost £30000 per annum people moving into care and...

Will Awareness Month

The Will Aid Charity launches an awareness month from !st November to explain the dangers of dying without writing a Will. Two thirds of the population have still not made Wills even though it means that after their death their wealth may not be passed on in the way...

Another bonus for the Treasury

How many of you watch ‘Heir Hunters’ to see if you are a relative of a recently deceased person who died without writing a Will? According to that programme last year was another winner for the Governments coffers. Over £18m was recovered from estates...

Yet another Government Commission

Only this week the new Coalition Government has set up yet another official committee to look at the options for Long Term Care provision in England. Future reforms to care funding could mean that State help will be spread more evenly between older people rather than...