Elderly Client Care

Ian Galbraith is a member of a the Society for Trust and Estate Practitioners (‘S.T.E.P’) and, a national association of solicitors, barristers and legal executives known as Solicitors for the Elderly (S.F.E.) which is concerned with improving the availability and delivery of legal services to older people.

SFE members have experience and specialise in a wide range of legal issues affecting elderly people, which includes :-

• Powers of Attorney
• Court of Protection / Public Guardianship Office
• The provision of home care
• Preserving assets in the event of long term residential or nursing care
• Residential and nursing home contracts
• Advice on financial responsibility and funding criteria for long term care
• State retirement and widows pensions
• Home equity release plans
• Mental health legislation
• Abuse of the Elderly
• Entitlement to the various benefits available for the elderly

If you have any concerns or problems you wish to discuss or are seeking advice in respect of the above or any other related matters, please contact Ian Galbraith to arrange an appointment. You will also find very useful information regarding many of the above issues on Age Concern's website including helpful factsheets giving up to date advice on such matters.

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