Longterm Care

Building your savings for later life care. Paying for long-term care is not cheap, and the burden first falls on private individuals. Ros Altman – the former pensions minister – described the nation as “sleepwalking into a social care crisis”, and already the costs borne privately are staggering. One newspaper last year reported that the

Funding long-term care Preparing for long-term care needs in your family. Planning for the costs of long-term care can seem a difficult task, and an easy one to put off – especially if your family members don’t need any support at present. However, important choices about how you’ll support your family’s future care needs shouldn’t

Financing long-term care An introduction to the long-term care market and the main strategies for funding. Life expectancy in the UK is projected to rise from the 2012 average of 80 years for men and 83 for women, to 86 for men and 88 for women by 2030. This increased life expectancy means that many