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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 …
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 …
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.
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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