Category Archives: Care Fees

Avoiding long-term care avoidance

A leading long-term care planning expert has warned that local authorities are taking an increasingly ‘aggressive stance’ toward measures designed …

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Are Investment Bonds suitable for care fees planning?

The unsuitable sale of Investment Bonds to elderly investors by HSBC, through their advisory arm NHFA, has cost the bank …

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Good care guide & Healthwatch

The government has announced plans to “radically drive up” the standards of social care in England, in order to protect …

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Banks, elderly customers & bad investment advice

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has issued its biggest ever retail fine of £10.5m to HSBC as a result of …

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Falling short on the cost of care

An important part of care fees planning is understanding the shortfall between the cost of care and available income. New …

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Running out of cash for care fees

New figures have shown that over 80,000 people each year run out of money when paying for long-term care in …

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Don’t depend on Dilnot

Andrew Dilnot, the author of recent proposals to reform the long-term care sector, has warned that his ideas may not …

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Who should pay for care?

A new survey has found that 70% of over-55s do not believe they should have to pay for the cost …

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Transplantation shock & moving care homes

A director of Age Matters has warned a local authority about the risk of ‘transplantation shock’ associated with their plans to close care homes and move residents.

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Urging action over care homes funding “crisis”

Medical group Bupa has called for urgent action to address the “chronic underfunding” of the UK care homes system.

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