Long-Term Care

11 August 2025

Local Authority care fees assessment - case studies
How a Local Authority assesses an individual’s assets, to determine whether they are eligible for assistance with care fees. How individual and jointly owned assets are tested and the application of capital and income tariffs

03 July 2025

What is Long Term Care?
What is Long Term Care, why we need to know about it and what is asset deprivation

16 June 2025

Daughter who cared for elderly mother wins claim for reimbursement from estate
A case in which a woman who cared for her elderly mother over the last two and a half years of her life has successfully claimed against the estate for the value of the care she provided

22 May 2025

Taxation of a purchased life annuity
How a purchased life annuity is taxed

06 May 2025

The Casey Commission - terms of reference
The Government’s terms of reference for the commission to examine social care in England (aka the Casey Commission)

30 April 2025

Do you still need that trust? A quick read
Trusts that have been set up with the hope of avoiding having to pay nursing home fees and why they may not be necessary