Ensuring that we get the care we need in old age is an important concern for many of us. As […]

Most of the research about retirement income planning focuses on two of the three significant retirement risks: investment risk and […]

Care in later life can be expensive. It’s not unusual for care homes in our region to charge £5,000 per […]

A new report by mutual insurer Royal London is proposing a care pension as a potential solution to the vexed […]

Did you know that you can claim a power of attorney refund on part of your registration fee if you […]

During our client advisory board meeting this week, I shared the story of Jeanne Calment who lived in Southern France and died […]

The Office of the Public Guardian has published new guidance for how deputies and attorneys should approach giving gifts on […]

There’s a widespread failure to claim carer’s credit, according to some new research. A scheme which was designed to help […]

Vulnerable pensioners could be losing out due to a care home funding lottery. A new study by insurer Royal London […]

Was the end of last week a good time to bury bad news? With the first phase of Brexit negotiations […]

With all eyes on the Budget this week, there was a worrying absence of mentions about social care provision. Some […]

As an Accredited Later Life Adviser with the Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA), something that regularly irks me is […]

People in the UK are underestimating the cost of care in later life by around £7bn each year. The research […]

Can a financial adviser go into a care home or approach adults with dementia in their own homes to drum […]

The Department of Health has published a Local Authority Circular confirming the charging structure for adult social care in the […]

There is a crisis in adult social care, with local authorities struggling to fund care as our population ages. According […]

The Guardian reported last weekend on a leaked government memo disclosing no real planning for demographic realities of long-term care. […]

There are around 850,000 people in the UK living with dementia. This number is expected to rise to one million […]

We are all getting older and this is having a big impact on the financial decisions we make. The number […]

The decline of government funded care has left vulnerable older people being left to look after themselves, even though there is […]