Long Term Care

A long-term care specialist adviser has joined forces with a solicitors' office to launch a joint services brand.

The care and support bill will "almost certainly" include a compulsion to offer independent financial information and advice for long term care (LTC) needs, Partnership has said.

The majority of advisers have said paying for IHT Liabilities is the biggest concern among clients, ahead of funding care costs, leaving a legacy and covering funeral costs.

In February, the Society of Later Life Advisers (SOLLA) held their first conference called ‘The Value of Advice.' Joint chair Tish Hanifan talks to Fiona Murphy about long term care advice and the impact of the forthcoming care cap

The announcement in the Budget that the implementation of the cap on social care costs will be moved forward to 2016 at a rate of £72,000 came as little surprise as the Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne had pre-announced this in the media at...

The "eye-opening" Office of National Statistics over-90s data has reinforced the need for regulated financial advice in long-term care, Just Retirement has said.

Delivering his Budget to a rowdy House of Commons, the Chancellor promised tax breaks for the workplace and brought forward a lower care cap of £72,000 to 2016.

Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne has brought the social care spending cap forward to 2016 to protect funding above £72,000.

Joint committee recommendations for a clause stipulating the importance of financial advice in the Care and Support Bill has the potential to transform the advice market, Partnership has said.

The Care and Support Bill should stipulate that local authorities must recommend regulated independent financial advisers, to care funders a joint committee has recommended.