Senior Living & Retirement
Benefits and Concessions That Go Unclaimed
Substantial entitlements go unclaimed each year, mostly because people assume they do not qualify.
Senior Living & Retirement
Making a fixed income go further, and the entitlements that go unclaimed.
Senior Living & Retirement
Downsizing: The Arithmetic and the Practicalities
Moving costs and transaction taxes can consume a large part of the equity released.
Senior Living & Retirement
Arranging Care at Home
Agency, direct employment and local authority routes differ in cost, control and responsibility.
Senior Living & Retirement
Powers of Attorney and Planning Ahead
It must be made while capacity exists. Afterwards the process is far harder and more expensive.
Senior Living & Retirement
Insurance in Later Life: Where Age Changes Things
Upper age limits and medical exclusions appear across travel, motor and life cover.
Senior Living & Retirement
Staying Connected Without a Steep Learning Curve
Setting devices up properly matters more than choosing the newest one.
Senior Living & Retirement
Falls Prevention Around the Home
Lighting, flooring and footwear address most of the identifiable risk cheaply.
Senior Living & Retirement
Wills, Executors and Keeping Records Findable
An unfindable will causes as much difficulty as no will at all.
Senior Living & Retirement
Pension Income Options and Their Trade-Offs
Guaranteed income, flexible drawdown and lump sums each trade certainty against control.
Senior Living & Retirement
Loneliness, Community and Practical Connection
Structured regular activity works better than occasional contact, and most of it is free.