The care homes group Sunrise Senior Living has agreed to pay £2m in compensation to former residents for charging upfront fees without making it clear what the money would be spent on.

Residents who have paid the fees since 1 October 2015 and left one of the company’s homes within two...

We've been told my dad is in the last stage of his illness. He's bedridden now and has lost the ability to swallow most of the time , he isn't eating and barley drinks.

He's in a care home and our doctor spoke to my mum about what care she would like him to receive. She decided to keep...

My dad is in a care home permanent now so my mum is on her own . She is a cancer survivor she has asthma and is bent over with age sciatica - she cannot make her own meals properly as she can't stand straight so i make them for her and i am there twice a day to make sure she has eaten and i do all her...

Man, 101, guilty of 21 historical sex offences against girls - thought to be oldest person convicted in England.

Jurors found Ralph Clarke from Erdington, Birmingham, guilty of 21 counts of abusing the girls in the 1970s and 80s.

He will be sentenced on Monday.

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Basically when my nan died last year the dwp wrote to my mum and said they had been paying the wrong amount to my nan all these years and sent the amount underpaid to her. 800 quid. We got a letter last week again from dwp now saying she was overpaid. Another letter will be coming soon breaking down...

Hi Everyone,

My Mum is now 87 and lives in her own home with my sister but her health is deteriorating since having a stroke a couple of years ago and in particular these last couple of months. She needs help to walk whereas before she could do it with her walker, she has frequent bouts...

Hey guys.

Had a letter today from my nans care home claiming she owes over 3k in resident fees mainly from 2002.

Must say i was very disgusted at the cheek of the letter.

Basically what happend was, my nan was in a care home in southend, which Tower Hamlets Council,...

Councils spy on parents who sign over house to children

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 20th October 2013 09:59.

*Blitz on families who 'avoid' care home fees* * *Councils investigating residents who try to conceal property wealth* * *Inspectors with......

My wife works as a support worker working with young people with constant care and supervision. Her hours of work are 2pm until 2pm the following day, but at 10pm she has to stay on the premises and sleep until 7am then continue through until 2pm making 24 hours.

They now want her to...

Sadly my Aunt passed away recently. She had been in a care home for about a year and had been very poorly. As I am her only relative and I no longer live in the UK she had a solicitor who held POA to deal with her affairs. I was advised by them after she died that the POA dies with the person and they...

Just thought id rant about a client of ours.

Wants to buy a house for £380k, wants a mortgage soley in his wife's name.

His wife currently shows an income of £300 per month as a part time M&S employee, and a owner of a residential care home, bought only a few months...

Hi guys / Niddy

My nan has received a letter from Tower Investigations ltd. Very vague.

"We act on behalf of a client and are currently conducting an investigation in order to establish information held.

In order to help us progrss with our enquiry we would...

I'm looking into this at the moment re. my mum who spent her final years in a care home with Altzheimer's. Although Mum passed away several years ago, people can still re-claim....

Around £500 a month from her own money from 2004 (the date from when you can do it apparently.....) until...

Barclays accused in mis-selling report

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 30th April 2012 12:52.

Barclays has been accused of acting with "reckless disregard" when it sold a set of complex derivatives to a care home operator that is suing the...
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What signs should I look for?

Dementia is not a single illness but a group of symptoms caused by damage to the brain. The symptoms include:

• memory loss, such as remembering

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