In the past, we have mentioned several companies who promise to protect inheritances from care home fees, but who in reality offer ineffective services. At Steene Law, we continue to receive pleas from families
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In our last blog we explained why applying for Continuing Health Care is not an easy process. In the second of our two-part blog we examine what happens when you make an application for
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Spoiler alert – applying for Continuing Health Care is not an easy process. We believe it’s a national scandal that many thousands of elderly people who worked hard all their lives and paid their
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What happens when your loved one is diagnosed with dementia and has been told they no longer have mental capacity? Does this mean they lose all their rights to make their own decisions? What
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At Steene Law, we know that dementia can result in emotional, practical and legal turmoil. Knowing the difference between what is an early sign of dementia and what is just a sign of ageing
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The UK’s leading dementia charity, Alzheimer’s Society, has recently awarded £100,000 worth of funding to help bring a new smartphone application to market, in order to assist those with dementia. The new app will
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In 2019 people with dementia continue to be denied free care – which we believe is a national scandal. Why have we allowed this disease, which is nothing short of an epidemic, to fall
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Spoiler Alert! Social services don’t always get their facts right and WRONGLY deny people free Continuing Health Care funding (CHC). Harry’s* story – how an elderly gentleman was WRONGLY refused CHC in his hour
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