Blogs, News and Opinions
A wealth of information and a bit of personal opinion
Over the years I have been asked to write for a number of publications. I also have a regular monthly slot in The Worthing Journal and Sussex Life magazine amongst others and can be found making the odd guest appearance in a few trade specific papers.
All that aside, I’ve always felt that there isn’t a huge amount of jargon-free information out there about end of life services. Don’t get me wrong, there are certainly many websites that you can visit to make your final purchase, however I’ve always found them to be slightly lacking when it comes to the research stage of the process.
When it comes to deciding who and what to move forward with, research really should be a top priority. Each of us is individual and we all have very specific requirements and needs. Thinking there is a one size fits all approach really doesn’t work.
My hope and aim is that through the following articles you can get a really good idea of what’s right for you, information that will help you on your search and ultimately give you the information that may be harder to find elsewhere.
If you have any specific enquiries or we haven’t covered exactly what you’re looking for, then please feel free to get in touch with us. We are quite a friendly bunch… Honestly!
Funeral Planning
If you haven’t thought about what you want your funeral to be like, then perhaps it’s time that you did. Whether we like it or not at some point we are all going to die and when that happens some kind of funeral is going to need to take place.You might fall into the...
Dementia & My Grandma
Sussex has the highest prevalence of dementia in the country, with more than 26,500 people living with dementia. My Grandma was part of this statistic before she died in November 2015.Her symptoms really started to show a few years prior to her death after she...
Age of inheritance
...I was awarded several thousand pounds in compensation from the guilty party’s insurance company and to this day I still have regular pain in my back.When I was 18, a very wise taxi driver told me that ‘’this isn’t the rehearsal love, this is the real thing’’....
Time to review your later life plans
If the last decade of your family’s life looks even a tiny bit like mine then it’s time to review your Will and if you haven’t yet made one, it goes without saying that you really do need to.Any big life event should prompt you into reviewing your Will as should any...
Care fees and Inheritance Tax
...It is therefore no surprise that I am regularly approached by people looking for a solution to stop either of these things from happening.Working alongside (literally alongside we are all together in one building) my sister company Nsure Financial Services means...
Your Estate, Your Way
They are, your husband, wife or civil partner, your children or someone who has been financially dependent on you in the two years prior to your death. If you don’t want one of these people to inherit you can do something about it by putting a non- provision clause in...
IPW Southern Regional Meeting April 2019
The well attended event was held in Worthing at Nsure headquarters in their own conference suite.The meeting consisted of three speakers, Nigel Merchant from Kings Court Trust, Dennis Phillips from Buckles Solicitors and Richard Cohen from Nsure Charterd...
Updates and Expert Opinions
The OPG claim that they are currently receiving around 3000 applications to register Lasting Power of Attorney documents every single day, which as you can imagine is causing some significant delays. However, I think that, excepting the delays, this news is a good...
Care Home Fees – What works & what doesn’t
...I understand that you’ve worked and paid tax all of your life, so you don’t want to pay out any more than you have to. The good news is that there are a few things that you can do to reduce the tax and care fees that you may face. Before I get to them however,...
2018 isn’t over yet – there’s still time!
Now, hands up who finds themselves moaning at how early the Christmas adverts have started this year, having not yet got around to arranging their Will nearly a year on? If that sounds like you, don’t worry, January isn’t here yet, there is still time to have your...
It’s obvious, isn’t it?
You would be forgiven for thinking it was obvious that things that are below the belt, are definitely, below the belt when it comes to sending a birthday card but, as some poor Moonpig staff have found out, apparently it’s not obvious at all. You’d also think it was...
Less Jargon, More conversation
I was invited off the back of a previous meeting with their lovely manager who advised me that as part of her role she is asked to provide the residents with a speaker every so often. The term ‘speaker’ led to a fewer number of residents attending their...