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Volume 4 Issue 2
Features
Case study: Dealing with the unexpected
Colin Studd presents a case study on how one couple dealt with the financial burdens brought on by unexpected illness.
Direct payments: friend or foe?
Following the recent White Paper, Modernising Social Services, the Government has announced its intention to make Direct Payments available to disabled people over 65 as well as, as at present, to those under that age. While no indication is given as to timescale, there is every indication that the change will be made fairly soon as it will not require primary legislation. It is therefore timely to consider what Direct Payments are and their implications for older people in the future.
Long term care policy linked bonds: A private client lawyers perspective
David Coldrick examines one way in which Lawyers and IFAs might work more closely together for the common good
Possible financial options for meeting the cost of care
Philip Spiers examines a range of possible options, specifically designed to help your elderly clients meet the cost of long term care
R v North and East Devon Health Authority ex parte Coughlan
Margaret Richards comments on the decision in R v North and East Devon Health Authority ex parte Coughlan
The family home, post Ingram: problems and solutions
In the light of the recent decision in Ingram Emma Chamberlain examines some of the inheritance tax pitfalls involved in dealing with the family home.
The revised Code of Practice to the Mental Health Act 1983
Camilla Parker focuses on the changes to the Code of Practice to the Mental Health Act 1983 that are likely to be relevant to the elderly client.
