Age-old issue
Yet when care costs loom, we refer to the “family home” as if it was part of the clan lands rather than an over-priced semi, most of whose value is pure windfall.
Sadly, our belief that, with mortgage and school fees a fading nightmare, we were in the clear was wishful thinking and there was obviously one more obstacle in our path.
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Hide AdIn England, one person in four faces a care bill in excess of £50,000, one in ten a bill of £100,000 and comprehensive Scottish Government promises are manifestly untenable.
The health secretary Nicola Sturgeon has endorsed but not committed to capping and it is time for my generation to make one last provision – or accept the windfall will be forfeited.
(Dr) John Cameron
Howard Place
St Andrews