10 Apr 2018 4:57 PM:
Hi Guy T .....thankyou ! a sensible answer at last ............exactly along the lines of my thinking ! Been looking at various websites for suitable property to look at ! We also have our abogado on the case (my husband was her very first client when she qualified in 1996....her Uncle built the new villa and recommended her (as you do !) we have kept in touch with her so she would be ensuring we bought something suitable !...... Also thought at retirement homes in the UK and am waiting for details of a new block of flats being built by McCarthy and Stone ....at £350,000 for a 2 bedroomed flat which with charges and bills would work out very expensive and we really don't want to go back to the UK ! Not keen on mainland Spain either (except if I decide to grow out disgracefully and buy a caravan on Camping villamar (Bargain hunting Brits in the sun !) ....and why not ! looks more fun that sitting on one's own in God's Waiting Room .....one of our neighbours here in our little French village, who had retired and built his bungalow, left after only two years saying this is what he thought it was and he wanted to see a bit of life before he died ..........and moved into a lively town about an hour away ....................can't fault it !!!! Nowt so sure as death and taxes ..................Bring on the Pimada .................
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09 Apr 2018 4:01 PM:
There is one on Menorca ...it has just opened, being run by someone English ....can't recall the name of it, but I did ask for details ..................probably prohibitvely expensive, but at least someone has thought of it .......which has got to be a good thing, as you say, the UK should be glad a lot of elderly would not have to return to become a burden on the NHS (IF they got the necessary treatment for any illnesses once they are over a certain age .) I hope this new venture will be able to survive both Brexit and Catalan independence if it happens ! I guess they will, hopefull y, be employing Spanish nationals as staff as well ! I have picked my hole in the wall in the cemetery in Alayor so hope I can get back before I die !
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09 Apr 2018 2:31 PM:
Ah well...as you say, each to his own !!!!!!!!!
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08 Apr 2018 10:39 PM:
Thank you for your replies ! The question of the five year rule possibility following Brexit is one that we have been considering as a possible problem. We did have our Residencia before we left, a doctor and an NIE number ...but never renewed them recently ! There is a new hospital in Mahon, replacing the old Virgin de Gracia ...in our day two neighbours req uiring care for cancer had to fly to Palma for treatment ...not good when you are not well ! Obviously needs a lot of consideration ...we have a friend who lives alone on the island and is 87 who has had excellent care for various breaks of bones in the last two years but she has been a resident since 1986 .....although she does not speak Spanish and never considered permanent residence ..................I think it is really a q uestion of where to spend our last years ......better than in a care home maybe ! and there is always a short trip to Switzerland as long as we can make the flight !!
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07 Apr 2018 5:30 PM:
Hi there ! We are thinking of perhaps returning to Menorca where we lived before we moved to France, BUT, although we would be covered via the S1 for health, we are told by friends that we would also be required now to take out private medical insurance .....the problem is my husband had Parkinson's disease and I have Type 1 diabetes, and several other long term problems (aren't we lucky !) and I cannot help but wonder if I could obtain medical care back in Spain ...when we lived there before, neither of us had any medical problems ..............must be old age I think ! What does anyone think ? Would like to spend our last days back in the sun (raining here in Bordeaux, only had one day of sun so far this 'Spring' ! Thanks for your input !
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