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Elderly parents or relatives to care for and/or worry about? This is the place for you.

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cackleberry 7 Feb 9:46am, 7 Feb 2025 4,631 posts	Quote Pin cackleberry Oh, yes, even my fit and well Dad and Stepmum have their house too hot for me. Headache city.
LindsD 7 Feb 10:15am, 7 Feb 2025 72,520 posts	Quote Pin LindsD Good that she is out of hospital cackleberry. Good luck with the rest.
jda 7 Feb 11:29am, 7 Feb 2025 18,441 posts	Quote Pin jda So long as you sell the house within the time scale of how much care it's likely to pay for (at a pessimistic valuation), then it probably doesn't really matter what someone thinks it might be worth today, does it?
Little Miss Happy 7 Feb 4:24pm, 7 Feb 2025 7,865 posts	Quote Pin Little Miss Happy Sorry you need to be here NE but welcome. cackleberry - has she had an NHS continuing healthcare assessment?
McGoohan 7 Feb 7:56pm, 7 Feb 2025 55,033 posts	Quote Pin McGoohan Liebling reports that it wasn't easy but her dad was safely delivered to the nursing home. She's staying at her parents house tonight to give her mum some support.
LipGloss 7 Feb 7:56pm, 7 Feb 2025 79,956 posts	Quote Pin LipGloss Hopefully everyone gets a peaceful night .
EvilPixie 7 Feb 8:05pm, 7 Feb 2025 62,185 posts	Quote Pin EvilPixie Hopefully all is good
LindsD 7 Feb 8:12pm, 7 Feb 2025 72,531 posts	Quote Pin LindsD Crossing everything
Mandymoo 7 Feb 8:20pm, 7 Feb 2025 20,829 posts	Quote Pin Mandymoo Hope you all get some decent sleep and rest tonight
Garfield 7 Feb 8:26pm, 7 Feb 2025 18,355 posts	Quote Pin Garfield Fingers crossed for a good night for Liebling and MIL.

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I thought I'd start a thread, as lots of us have elderly folks that we worry about/care for.

Useful info for after someone dies here (with thanks to grast_girl)
moneysavingexpert.com

Other useful links

myageingparent.com

moneysavingexpert.com

Who pays for residential care? Information here:

ageuk.org.uk

Advice on care homes and payment/funding

theguardian.com

Also: After someone dies, if their home insurance was only in their name, sadly the cover becomes void. But if the policy was in joint names, it will still cover the surviving policyholder (though the names on the policy will need to be updated).

A useful book of exercises for memory loss and dementia
amazon.co.uk

Pension Credit. The rules are a bit complex but if your elderly relative has some sort of disability (in this case dementia/Alzheimer's) and go into a home, they may be able to claim pension credit. So if carers allowance stops, it seems pension credit can start. It can also be backdated.

Fall alarm company, etc.

careium.co.uk

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