Family Care Advice Ltd

24/11/2025

Delighted to be awarded Best Independent Family & Senior Care Consultancy 2025!

Family Care Advice Ltd has been honored with the SME Award for Best Independent Family & Senior Care Consultancy. This recognition reflects the hard work and commitment of Family Care Advice Ltd and we are delighted to receive it. ​Our core mission is to provide practical, expert support to indivi...

23/11/2025

4 years ago I decided to set up on my own and formed Family Care Advice Ltd.

On the run up to Christmas 2021, I registered a domain, opened up a business account and registered my company. No funding or loans, just me and a conviction that I could help people to navigate our complex care system and reduce the levels of stress they experience.

With a business plan in my head, 30 plus years experience of health and social care and a belief I could do this, I entered 2022 as a Managing Director of Family Care Advice.

I have learned a lot and had excellent support, encouragement and advice along the way.

I still love what I do, especially when I see the difference it makes to clients who often come to me frustrated and stressed at an emotional time in their lives.

Was it the best way to go about starting a business? Probably not but it was the best way for me.

Do I have any regrets? Yes, not doing it sooner!

So, if you're contemplating starting up a small business my only advice is...just do it! Life's too short.

16/10/2025

*DO NOT RESPOND TO TEXTS ABOUT WINTER FUEL ALLOWANCE* Please read below and pass onto family, friends, clients as many people have already been victims of this scam.

⚠️ SCAM ALERT ⚠️

There has been a surge of 150% of scam messages ahead of Winter Fuel Payments landing in bank accounts next month.

✅ Know the facts:

Winter Fuel Payments are automatic — you do not need to apply.

The DWP will never ask for your bank details via text.

If you get a suspicious message, forward it to 7726 (free of charge) and delete it immediately.

⚠️ Please share this with older friends and family members to help keep them safe this winter.

Find out more: https://stopthinkfraud.campaign.gov.uk/

02/10/2025

Excellent advice from Money Saving Expert, click their link for more advice or drop us a message for a free call, up to 30 minutes, to discover if you are eligible.

Carers are heroes, and many are missing out on vital help 👇

02/10/2025

Thoroughly recommend attending coffee mornings like this if you are caring for someone whether that is a parent, spouse, neighbour, friend or family member.

Why not join us at our new monthly Carers Peer Support Groups at Gates Garden Centres in Oakham and Hinckley? These informal meet-ups are a chance to chat, share experiences, and connect with other carers over a hot drink.

📅 When: 11am – 12 noon, on the first Thursday of each month (2nd October)
📍 Where: Gates Garden Centres (Oakham LE15 7QB and Hinckley LE9 8JE )
✨ Tips for attending:
• If you’re coming to Oakham, it’s in the Garden Restaurant – usually around the cluster of tables numbered 40-44
• Wear your purple lanyard so you can easily spot one another.
• Download the Gates app to your smartphone to enjoy a free hot drink every month.

Please note: these are peer support groups, so a member of the VASL team may not always be present.

02/10/2025

Our latest blog is all about planning a holiday for someone living with dementia with a few top tips to help you to make cherished memories with your loved one.

Planning a holiday with a loved one living with dementia? Discover practical tips to create a calm, meaningful and memorable trip for everyone involved.

20/09/2025

I'm delighted to have been awarded "Best Independent Family & Senior Care Consultancy 2025"
Thank you to everyone who have referred, supported, encouraged and inspired me over the last 3 years and huge thanks to all of my clients ❤️

Family Care Advice Ltd is one of the 2025 winners of Business Elite Awards.

14/08/2025

I am not an App.

There are plenty of Apps around today with help for any number of things at your fingertips, including care funding, benefits, care provider research etc. They have their place, I use Apps daily.

✨️ I don't provide a free service.

Many Apps do...so how do they make money? They often receive commissions or charge care providers.

✨️ I don't receive commissions, I dont pay commissions.

This means I am completely independent and offer a totally person centred service, focusing on the clients needs. I look at the whole market to meet those needs and preferences, Im not restricted to only care providers who pay commissions.

✨️I am not a multi-million pound technology business.

There's long been a gap in the care market for care advice and an opportunity to benefit from the later life wealth and I admire the entrepreneurship but that's not me.

✨️ I care.

I'm an experienced, qualified, professional care navigator who offers a compassionate, client centred service.
✨️ Horses for courses.

Apps offer information at your fingertips and have their place.
However, if you or someone else you know is struggling to navigate the care maze and a personal, confidential and face to face service is your preference, message me or book in for a free 30 minute call.

Society of Later Life Advisers
Federation of Small Businesses (FSB)

13/08/2025

Does this look familiar?

I've visited family carers with their living room floor covered in paperwork for DWP, NHS and Adult Social Care and worked through it bit by bit, making calls on their behalf and supporting them to send it off, file it or bin it!

If you or someone you know could do with some help with the paperwork, give me a call on 0116 2404 976.

Michaela

m.forty@familycareadvice.co.uk

11/08/2025

Our latest blog has just landed!

26/07/2025

Have you checked? Its worth doing if you had children between the dates below.

Did you take time off work between 1978 and 2010 to look after children? If you did, then you could be due a lorra lorra cash back, potentially £10,000s – BUT the onus is on YOU to proactively check! ⬇️