Philip Ashby
elder-law solicitor
Precise; capacity is decision-specific
The Arrangements
Their father’s capacity is declining, the siblings disagree about almost everything, and care costs are rising faster than anyone planned.
Planned · not started yet
Ageing & later life Family duty Ethics & integrity Money under pressure Family home Tense Reflective
The premise
Their father’s capacity is declining, the siblings disagree about almost everything, and care costs are rising faster than anyone planned. They learn lasting powers of attorney, care options and funding rules, and find that the paperwork is easier than the conversations.
The protagonist
Grace Farrant-Gorski — Eldest of three siblings arranging care and legal decisions for their father
The council
Every council member is an original fictional character. None represents, quotes or is endorsed by a real person.
Femi Adesina
adult social worker
Compassionate; the person’s wishes come first
Laura Whitfield
care-fees adviser
Practical; plan funding before crisis
How the story moves
Each sibling narrates a stage of their father’s decline; disagreements carry forward, and the final book is told by the father himself. Absorbs the former Home or Care concept.
What readers take away
- Mental-capacity basics
- Lasting powers of attorney
- Deputyship through the Court of Protection
- Care-needs assessments
- Home care versus care homes
- Care funding and means-testing
- Safeguarding vulnerable adults
- Managing an older person’s finances properly
- Register an LPA
- Use a property-and-affairs attorney correctly
- Understand NHS continuing healthcare
- Plan deferred payments
The books
- 1Capacity Planned
- 2The attorney Planned
- 3The assessment Planned
- 4The home Planned
- 5The money Planned
Book titles are working titles and may change before publication. No book is on sale until the complete series is finished, checked and released.