Fair Deal

My mother-in-law is 95 years old, suffers with dementia and has been in a nursing home for 18 months. She has availed of the Fair Deal Scheme. Her a(...)

You know the housing crash is well and truly over when you see companies entering the market offering cash to older homeowners, either secured against(...)

Both my parents are in their mid-70s, retired and unfortunately in poor health. My father has recently been diagnosed with a terminal illness; my moth(...)

I have been trying to weigh up the Fair Deal scheme, as I am of an age when it is becoming of interest. In particular, it would seem worthwhile to div(...)

I live alone in the family home. My husband is in a nursing home. I was going to sell the house and move into retirement centre. I never thought of (...)

An individual buys – and occupies – a house for say €90,000 in February 1990. Some 25 years later, 2015, due to failing health, the same individual ha(...)

I currently live in my 70-year-old father’s house, and have done with my family for the last five years. He still lives in the property and the house (...)

My father is in a nursing home using his pensions and the family home to fund his Fair Deal. My two brothers, who both suffer from mental health issue(...)

My mother recently went into a nursing home and is part of the Fair Deal scheme. My question is, does she have any access to her savings now that they(...)

My father who resides in a nursing home owns his house which he bought in 1982 for £60,000. He wants to gift me the house which is now worth £450,000.(...)