Paying For Long Term Care

All you need to know about long-term care funding.

Solicitor Harvey Barrett unravels the complicated criteria for long term care funding.

Paying for long-term care is a major headache for many of us. The rules can be confusing and it’s often unclear what we can do to protect our assets from being swallowed up.

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Oily Fish Protects Against Strokes & Dementia

Fresh tuna is packed with omega 3s

Experts knew that eating mackerel, sardines and other types of oily fish may reduce the risk of strokes, but now researchers from Finland and the US think they have discovered why.

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Don't Just Sit There!

As British Chiropractic Awareness Week commences, (17th - 23rd April), The British Chiropractic Association (BCA) reveal we are a nation obsessed with sitting down.

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Would You Bare All In A Bikini?

Have those beach photos of Helen Mirren inspired or disheartened you?

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Older People At Risk From Heatwave Advice

When temperatures rise, check that your older neighbours, friends and relatives are eating sufficient salt.

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Understanding Reiki

Rachael Hannan speaks to Janice Tidy, a Reiki Master and alternative therapist.

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Prostate Cancer Shouldn't Be Left To Chance

A new campaign backed by Sir Geoff Hurst MBE reveals 7 out of 10 men with advanced prostate cancer do not receive chemotherapy despite being eligible for treatment.

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Beat Insomnia With Yoga

Suffer with insomnia? Try this yoga relaxation and breathing technique before you go to bed.

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Stunning At Sixty

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Would you bare all naked for television? Sixty-year-old Jean McConnell did just that, and here she tells us why.

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Green Issues With Michael Wale

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An Inconvenient Truth

Michael Wale views Al Gore’s film on global warming and says that it is more of a threat than terrorism.

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