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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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Mark J 🇳🇿 28 Jun 8:21am, 28 Jun 2025 9,659 posts	Quote Pin Mark J 🇳🇿 As above. That's pants.
LindsD 28 Jun 1:33pm, 28 Jun 2025 74,786 posts	Quote Pin LindsD Both Teebs I think.
Little Miss Happy 28 Jun 4:23pm, 28 Jun 2025 8,460 posts	Quote Pin Little Miss Happy She may well be Linds and if not it's quite kind of you to ascribe her behaviour to it rather than it being who/how she is.
LindsD 28 Jun 4:43pm, 28 Jun 2025 74,795 posts	Quote Pin LindsD Thanks. I think it's easier for me to think she's become selfish than to recognise she's always been that way.
Little Miss Happy 28 Jun 5:14pm, 28 Jun 2025 8,461 posts	Quote Pin Little Miss Happy Says something to me about what a nice person you are Linds.
Mandymoo 28 Jun 5:20pm, 28 Jun 2025 21,618 posts	Quote Pin Mandymoo Can I say some nice things about @LindsD ? She is kind, compassionate, friendly, funny, a pleasure to spend time with (and I have only met her once)
LipGloss 28 Jun 5:38pm, 28 Jun 2025 81,611 posts	Quote Pin LipGloss Me too and I would totally agree
Little Miss Happy 28 Jun 5:52pm, 28 Jun 2025 8,463 posts	Quote Pin Little Miss Happy Haven't had the pleasure of meeting Linds but that's pretty much my opinion too.
ThorntonRunner 28 Jun 6:12pm, 28 Jun 2025 8,491 posts	Quote Pin ThorntonRunner Ditto
LanaD 28 Jun 6:48pm, 28 Jun 2025 328 posts	Quote Pin LanaD sending lots of hugs to everyone x

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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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