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have to say, im curious of the same, is it a more desirable place to live? always believed Somerset and Cornwall are just as nice! odd one really.

hi all, this is mainly going to speak to my UK friends on here but i recently posted a couple guides explaining the latest Care Act and there was one which seemed to get people talking and that was the one by caring homes. It looks like they have posted an updated version or a new version...

oh wow. i hope there canteen is a michelin starred restaurant for those prices...

Hi Joe, Thats a valid point, i get that a lot that there is this perception that a lot of the UK is free. Don't know how that started but it looking at the cost of care it is crazy.

They are but that only covers so much, looking at this guide it's almost as if you are being punished for not earning enough or earning to much? doesn't seem right to me!

hi EastWestGal, im in the UK at the moment with my parents. should have made that clear so apologies. I completley agree with home care, where is the acxcountability when my own parents won't even be aware of whether someone was meant to show up?!

hi there, they are yes. i am aswell in the UK at the moment and finding it so difficult to broach the subject!

Thats what i have been looking into, but the costs are crazy for in house round the clock care. It's got to the stage where my parents need 24hour care, i fear there is no other option.

Not to make this a thread all doom and gloom, but considering I am just in the middle of trying to convince my parents that they need to move into full time residential care i just got sent this... Care Home Funding – A Guide from Caring Homes I'm panicking about whether i have enough save...

In Europe now it is very much following the US culture of tipping becoming more prominent and expected. Which like you say is ridiculous, they earn a normal working salary and have all kind of benefits. if i feel like the service has warranted a tip, i will leave something, but not the 18% which...

here here! One thing in the UK we don't have is local banks so we don't have this option otherwise i would be doing it.

I'm sorry but what? ??? that does not make sense to me and just seems another way that companies/banks are trying to make money from those who are tyring make an honest living.

Nicely put Gauss... and great planning from your end as well! to really know what you have been spending over such a long period of time can only be a benefit and really indicate the sort of expendetures that you could cut down on.

I always get special travel card which i load up before i go and has no costs for withdrawl of money, i never really like to walk around with big wads of cash so just leave it all on my travellers card. Feels safer that way!

This is the way to look at it, the way i would look at it. don't let other people dictate the way you should view retirement.

I think having pets/ being allowed pets is a fantastic idea, mind as long as the burden doesn't fall on the carer. they are spinning enough plates

Thanks Nash, sorry to hear you are in a similar position, wouldn't wish it on any one. Suppose it comes with the teritory of getting older though

In the UK they say the equivalint of living like a millionaire 10 years ago is now 9million! depends on the lifestyle of course but still astronomical the cost of living now!

Hi Dave, this is exactly my fear... forcing them into a home will just make them give up as they arent enjoying it. It's the resent that i fear and i dont want to make my parents last years not enjoyable. comforting to know that i am not the only one dealing with this dilema

So, over the past couple months i have witnessed my parents health slowly deteriorate in health, first it was my father who has been in and out of hospital and my mum was always fine, supportive and strong but the last couple weeks its like she has given up with the will to live. I am having to...