If you’re over 65, own your home and need to fund your long-term care, you may...

In today’s technologically driven world, there are many emerging technologies, which enable older people to live...

Why choose live in care? Live in care is a modern solution, which helps relieve the...

If you disagree with your local authority’s decision not to pay for your care services – or you don’t think you’ve been offered enough support to meet your needs – you need to speak out.

There are several options for paying for elderly care Full funding: NHS will fully fund care,...

Family cohesiveness can often be difficult to achieve, but as parents grow more dependent,  often siblings...

Purchasing an Immediate Care Annuity basically means giving some amount of your or your older parent’s capital to...

Choosing to move into residential care, or accepting someone caring for you in your own home,...

A local authority can agree that your parent staying in a care home on a temporary...

The benefits system is complicated but if you know where to look, there is financial support out there for the millions of unpaid carers in the UK. Here’s an introduction to what’s available with links to where you can find out more and apply for your entitlements.

Treating your ageing parent to a manicure or pedicure can genuinely boost their well-being, as hands...

Arthritis Care is our Charity of the Month for April Around 10 million people suffer with...

When a parent is facing a terminal illness, it can be difficult to have a conversation...

Attendance Allowance This is a benefit payable to people aged 65 or over, who have attention...

If a care recipient is deemed ineligible for NHS Continuing Care, the responsibility for ensuring the...

Hospice care is person-centred care provided to people with a terminal illness or life-limiting condition. It...

What is continuing healthcare funding (CHC)? NHS continuing healthcare is a package of continuing care provided outside...

Producing a care plan Once it is decided that the person has eligible needs from the...

Listen to our interview with Shelagh Fogarty of BBC5Live LISTEN HERE. We start talking at 52.38...

We discuss how to plan for long term care and nursing costs. Read the article HERE

If you’re caring for your parent, there is financial help out there for you. We uncover...

Hospice care is one of the UK’s outstanding success stories. From the opening of the first...

A home registered for nursing will provide personal care (help with washing, dressing and giving medication),...

Older people tell us they prefer to live independently in their own homes and communities and...

Pensions Bill The shake-up of the UK pensions system under the Coalition Government continued with the...

If your elderly relative has been in hospital, it should be good news when they are...

The question we are asked most frequently is how to go about getting help for an...

As we grow older, we start to witness the unfortunate and often distressing decline of our...

New research by www.stayinmyhome.co.uk*, the specialist live-in homecare website, which provides information on live-in as an...