Grandparents can now help protect the health of their grandchildren by purchasing insurance specially designed and tailored to children and their more common ailments.
The move by Aviva to allow grandparents to take out specialist health insurance for their grandchildren comes following evidence of the increased role they are taking in the lives and care of their children’s children.
Recent research from Aviva has shown that over half of grandparents (51%) now look after their grandchildren with the vast majority (88%) saying this extra time has brought them closer together. The majority of grandparents have a genuine stake in the wellbeing of their grandchildren; over a third (34%) say they help teach them hobbies and life skills and almost a quarter help with homework (23%).
Aviva is now offering grandparents the ability to purchase Child Health Solutions, giving their grandchildren access to diagnosis and cover for treatment at private facilities for an affordable, fixed premium. The scheme also includes benefits such as dentistry, physiotherapy and speech therapy that have been specially chosen to complement the paediatric services available on the NHS. Assistance to help parents finance sundries such as travel expenses and parking costs if their child has to stay in hospital is also available.
Source : Aviva
