by Justin King | Feb 14, 2019 | Care
The scale of the care home need 410,000 people live in care homes in the UK today. It is predicted there will be a 36% increase in the number of over 85s by 2025. With an ageing population comes a growing demand for care provision and care homes. On episode 15...
by Justin King | Jan 24, 2019 | Care
Mark’s story of helping his mother stay at home Mark’s mother Jean, a former nursing sister, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2008. Six months later her world disintegrated with the death of her husband of 40 years, Ben. Jean’s family also started...
by Justin King | Oct 31, 2018 | Care
Millions at risk of not planning sufficiently for care Millions of people are underestimating the cost of paying for a care home place – potentially putting some at risk of financial problems or struggling to get good quality care in later life, according...
by Justin King | Jun 21, 2018 | Care
If care is a topic you are interested in, please find below some information the specific topics discussed at June’s Retirement Café. Whole of life insurance There was significant interest in the subject of insurance as a means of providing an inheritance...
by Justin King | Jan 9, 2018 | Care
After completing a twenty-page detailed application form, providing copies of numerous procedures and client recommendation reports and undergoing a rigorous two-hour panel interview, I am delighted to have been awarded the title of SOLLA Accredited Later Life...
by Justin King | May 20, 2017 | Care
On Friday 12th May, The Retirement Café took off with it’s first free event on the topic of care at the Kings Arms Hotel in Christchurch. I was joined by an expert in retirement financial solutions, manager of a local care home and manager of an in-home care...
