Solicitors for the elderly
We specialise in assisting older clients with the kinds of problems they face, providing clear, appropriate and caring advice.
We help older clients navigate important decisions around finances, long-term care, and protecting family assets.
As people get older and potentially more vulnerable, they often find themselves facing an increasing number of concerns about the future, such as managing their financial affairs, paying for long-term care or protecting assets for the next generations.
There are specific steps that can be taken to protect wealth and ensure that both the individuals and their families are looked after, and the right legal advice and support with lifetime planning can prove invaluable.
Our lawyers specialise in advising on the legal issues that affect older and vulnerable people. We take the time to fully understand the individual circumstances, objectives, and priorities and can then help with the legal and practical decisions relating to what are often complex and sensitive issues.
- Nationally recognised and trusted private wealth, family law and Court of Protection specialists with decades of experience.
- Bespoke estate plans and other legal advice tailored to your personal circumstances.
- Expertly prepared estate planning designed to ensure validity and clarity.
- Expertise in helping clients consider all options and outcomes to ensure nothing is overlooked.
Our expertise
Estate planning
Trusts
Lasting power of attorney
Wills
Residential property
Parents and grandparents
Court of Protection
FAQs
I’m currently in good health – can this not wait?
We always recommend that clients act sooner rather than later to ensure their wishes for the future are clear and their affairs in order.
By not leaving matters until your health deteriorates, you can provide security for your dependants now and also benefit yourself from the peace of mind that everything is in place. It also ensures responsibility for financial matters (and health matters if you choose) rests solely with the people you love and trust.
How will the cost of care affect the value of my estate?
It is certainly the case that the cost of care in later years can be very significant. That’s why planning for care home fees now can give you peace of mind for the future and ensure that your loved ones still benefit from your estate.
Generally, if you move into residential care you will be expected to pay your own fees. Your local authority will undertake a financial assessment to find out if you’re entitled to state funded care – if what you own exceeds £23,500 they may make no contribution to your fees at all.
Long-term care can be extremely expensive and if you do not plan for these potential costs, your home or other assets may need to be sold to pay for your care.
A specialist can help you plan for care home fees in a number of ways by looking at your estate as a whole and advising on the best way to structure your assets so that you’re prepared for future costs, without damaging the inheritance you want to pass on to your loved ones.
What can our Court of Protection team help with?
We offer a complete service for elderly and vulnerable clients who need advice in organising their affairs. We can help with:
- Applications to appoint a deputy for finances, and health and welfare
- Applications to appoint a deputy for health and welfare;
- Applications to obtain permission for attorneys and deputies to make gifts;
- Trustee applications to ensure a sale can progress where one property owner has lost capacity to arrange a sale and An additional trustee needs to be appointed on their behalf;
- Statutory will applications;
- Applications for NHS continuing healthcare;
- Applications for statutory funding and guidance through the social services financial assessment rules.
If appointed as a deputy, we can help with:
- Making applications to the Court of Protection;
- Payment of day to day bills;
- Setting budgets to ensure funds meet day-to-day needs;
- Annual accounts and reports;
- Managing tax returns;
- Employment of care teams and payroll;
- Arranging investments ;
- Liaising with case managers, and other professional care teams;
- Purchasing new property or managing house adaptations;
- Benefit applications;
When acting as a professional deputy or attorney for a client, we only use Court guideline rates. Our files are submitted annually to the Senior Court Costs Office for review and a detailed assessment of costs. This means an independent third party checks over the work undertaken to ensure our fees are reasonable and proportionate and provide peace of mind.
Long term care & care home planning
With people living longer, it is beneficial to plan ahead in the event you, or your spouse, require care in the future. Often this can be a financial burden on the family and can impact your finances, which may unfortunately result in the need to sell assets, such as the family home.
With years of experience, our experts take the time to understand your current assets, and provide tailored advice on the appropriate steps to ensure you can afford the care you need. Proactive planning to create a long term plan that restructures your assets can minimise the impact of the potential cost of long term care.
Our estate planning solicitors are always available to offer support, advice, and assistance to give you peace of mind when planning for the future.
Court of Protection for the elderly & vulnerable
The Court of Protection works to safeguard vulnerable adults and the elderly who lack the mental capacity to make decisions for themselves, and do not have a Power of Attorney in place. A deputyship can be applied for in these situations.
Those appointed to manage the affairs of others, be it a family member or friend, are known as a Deputy. A solicitor can also be appointed to be a deputy. Ruth Meyer, partner in our Court of Protection team, has over 30 years experience in Court of Protection matters.
We streamline and help our clients navigate this process, and are always available to provide straight-forward advice to those that need to appoint someone to manage their finances or in relation to health and welfare issues.
Why use our solicitors?
- We specialise in elderly client services. Our specialist lawyers work with elderly clients in a wide variety of family and financial circumstances. We find it particularly rewarding to help ensure they have the confidence and reassurance to enjoy their later years, safe in the knowledge that their affairs are in order and their loved ones provided for.
- We’re highly experienced. We work sensitively and empathetically with elderly clients, their families, their carers, and their other professional advisers. Our team can also advise on the legal implications of moving into long-term care and the options for funding that care, often working in conjunction with our clients’ specialist financial advisers to ensure a seamless and coordinated approach.
- Boyes Turner is ranked as a leading law firm by the legal directories, Chambers UK, and The Legal 500 and has been for many years. When our clients require extra specialist guidance, we have other highly rated private client services, such as property and family law solicitors too.
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