denotes premium content | Dec 4 2008 Elderly Client Adviser archive
Volume 2 Issue 3
Features
Charitable Bequests: Post Death Problems
Francesca Quint examines some of the problems that can occur in trying to fulfill bequests to charities.
Care Fee Planning: Bonds and Trusts
Philip Laidlow examines the treatment of Bonds and Trusts in the context of Care Fees Planning.
Elderly Clients: As Executors and Beneficiaries
Julia Abrey, Partner at Withers, examines some of the difficulties that elderly clients face when they become either executors or beneficiaries.
FORUM: Countdown for Carers
It is starting to look as if April 1 is going to be an important watershed for those who care for an elderly friend or relative. The Government is tightening up the rules that currently allow a carer to back date claims for state help. At present, a carer can back date a claim for state help for up to 12 months. From April 1, however, the maximum any claim can be back dated becomes 3 months. While the Government envisages that this will save £55m a year, the prospects for carers themselves appear to be less rosy.
Going into Residential Care: Enabling your clients to make the best possible choice
Clients entering into the residential and nursing care maze are often faced with a bewildering number of options and the availability of clear cut objective advice is often the last issue to be considered. They can therefore be pressurised both by their families and by social services, into making an inappropriate decision. Advance planning to put the paperwork in place and also to take necessary financial decisions is not always possible, but as previous articles in ECA by Ken Hart and Philip Spiers have indicated, there can be ways through the financial issues even at the last minute. However, making the wrong decision about the care options available is not always surmountable for the frail elderly client.
Long Term Care: Free at the Point of Delivery
Ingrid Eyers, a Registered General Nurse and Long Term Care specialist, provides three examples of how long term care can be funded, including how it can be free at the point of delivery
Long Term Care: Whose Responsibility?
Margaret Richards examines where the responsibility for long term care currently lies, under several different scenarios
National Health Service v Local Authority: Eligibility Criteria
Tish Hanifan examines the eligibility criteria used by the NHS and Local Authorities
