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Author Archives: john graham
Equity Release Revisited
I first wrote blogs about this subject in 2012 and then again in 2015. ( You can find my earlier posts by clicking on Equity Release in the TAG CLOUD). The use of this type of borrowing has grown substantially since … Continue reading
Cloud Surfing – Scotland
GrumbleSmiles was set up to provide innovative answers to tackling the problems of loneliness in later life. Many older people are less able to get out and about, which can be the first steps towards a life of isolation. … Continue reading
Cloud Surfing – North Carolina
GrumbleSmiles was set up to provide innovative answers to tackling the problems of loneliness in later life. Many older people are less able to get out and about, which can be the first steps towards a life of isolation. … Continue reading
Floodgates of Death
This post follows from my previous two blogs “National Death Service” and “Polly Toynbee certainty”. It is just a matter of time now before they open the Floodgates of Death. Legitimise assisted suicide and inadvertently condemn a generation to … Continue reading
Polly Toynbee’s Death Bed
This post follows on from my blog last week about the “National Death Service”. I wasn’t the only one to take note of the Jones report on early deaths at Gosport Hospital. Just days after its publication, Polly Toynbee, … Continue reading
National DEATH Service ?
Is this the new name for the National Health Service ? After the recent report on the many premature deaths at Gosport Hospital, you might well think so, at least as far as older people are concerned ! I am … Continue reading
Cloud Surfing – Grand Canyon Adventure
GrumbleSmiles was set up to provide innovative answers to tackling the problems of loneliness in later life. Many older people are less able to get out and about, which can be the first steps towards a life of isolation. … Continue reading
