Arranging a funeral
Arranging a funeral Funerals are for the people saying goodbye, they are an opportunity to speak to other people who knew that person and share their memories. However, in arranging the [...]
Dying and Bereavement
Dying and bereavement When a family member is terminally ill, everyone deals with that information in different ways, that includes the person themselves. The Kubler-Ross model has 5 stages: Denial, [...]
Wealth Preservation Schemes – Part 2
Wealth preservation schemes – Part 2 Following on from my earlier blog about Wealth perseveration schemes. So far I’ve covered the points that they are challengeable, they may not save tax [...]
Wealth preservation schemes – Part 1
Wealth preservation schemes – Part 1 I’ve just been handed a leaflet about this fantastic scheme to preserve your wealth against the threat of dreaded care home fees. This totally amazing [...]
Dementia – Part 3
Dementia – Part 3 Coming back to an earlier question of what is dementia, it is a loss of cognitive ability and function, it is a deterioration for an earlier presentation and [...]
Talking about death
Talking about death We live in a very death phobic society. We hear about life saving medical revolutions, but they are not life saving, they are death postponing and there is a [...]
What to do when someone dies – Part 2
What to do when someone dies – part 2 I’ve covered in the earlier blog the functional issues of dealing with the death of someone. But I’m going to get “touchy feely” [...]
What to do when someone dies?
What to do when someone dies? The first thing to sort out is registering the death with the Registrar and sorting out the funeral. The deceased will have an estate that needs [...]
Insolvent Estates
Insolvent estates I’m going to say a brief word here about insolvent estates, ie estate where the debts are greater in value than the value of the assets. This is a complex [...]
Asset Protection Trusts
Asset Protection Trusts There are lots of adverts about Asset Protection Trusts or Asset Protection Trust and how they will save on IHT, Probate costs and care home fees. The cost is [...]