Elderly Client Adviser archive

Elderly Client Adviser archive

Volume 12 Issue 6

Features

The right tools for the job? This article is for subscribers only
Can the use of standardised tools to assess qualification for continuing care ever be appropiate? Luke Clements and Pauline Thomson explore some of the issues raised by the new NHS Continuing Care Framework.

The new order This article is for subscribers only
As Lasting Powers of Attorney are shortly to take over from Enduring Powers of Attorney, Ann Cory explains the regime change and how it will affect those involved in the process.

What rights residents? This article is for subscribers only
The recent House of Lords decision involving care organisation Southern Cross provides a telling account of the differing views among the judiciary of how the Human rights Act applies to private and voluntary sector providers. Ian Davies analyses the judgement and its implications for publicly funded residents.

Deprivation of liberty This article is for subscribers only
In the first of two articles on the Bournewood Safeguards, Phil Fennell considers when and why a deprivation of liberty might occur under the new schedule A1 to the Mental Capacity Act 2005.

Family favourites This article is for subscribers only
If an adult child has been excluded from a will or passed over in favour of a sibling, what advice should you give? Helen Clarke looks to recent case law for guidance.

A tax unfairly maligned This article is for subscribers only
Inheritance tax is the object of numerous misconceptions and myths. Harvey Cole attempts to put the record straight.

In search of beneficiaries... This article is for subscribers only
THE POPULARITY of programmes such as ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’, the release of the 1901 Census online, and other events enabling people to trace their past, have resulted in genealogy becoming one of the current hot topics of conversation. It has also renewed television companies’ interest in producing a programme shadowing probate researchers as they go from a simple name to locating and contacting long lost relatives.

Regulars

Trustee investment Free
I am not a financial adviser and not so many of our readers are but I feel it is appropriate to cover some much ignored ground in this editorial. I hope it proves to be timely and encouraging.