Katherine Read is a writer with more than 15 years’ experience of covering health, social care and personal finance.

She specialises in making complex topics accessible, with particular expertise in retirement finance, equity release, lifetime mortgages, pension drawdown and later-life planning. Katherine has written for publications including BankingTimes, FundWeb and Every Investor, alongside healthcare platforms such as Zanda Health.

Her articles and commentary have also featured in The Telegraph, Somerset Live, Yahoo Finance and the University of Cambridge. At carehome.co.uk, she focuses on practical, evidence-led content that helps families navigate later-life care decisions.