Welcome to the All About Aged Care blog. We will endeavour to keep our blog updated regularly with helpful information related to the aged care industry, new policies and regulations as well as any news coming out of the Royal Commission into Aged Care.
A missed shower may seem like a small thing. So might unopened mail on the kitchen bench, food going off in the fridge, or a parent who has stopped driving...
Read More about Top Signs Home Support Is Needed for Ageing Parents
A fall, a hospital admission, a sudden decline in memory, or a carer who can no longer cope can change everything in a day. When families need urgent aged care...
Read More about Urgent Aged Care Placement Help in Perth
When a parent has a fall, a hospital discharge is looming, or care at home is no longer enough, families are often expected to make major decisions fast. This is...
Read More about Why Use a Perth Aged Care Consultant?When a parent needs help at home or a move into residential care becomes urgent, one of the first questions is usually the hardest to answer – what will this...
Read More about Aged Care Costs Australia: What You’ll Pay
It is undeniable that non-supported residents will pay more for care under the Aged Care Act when it comes into force on 1 July 2025. Consumers received a taste of...
Read More about Thrown Under the Clapham Omnibus | Aged Care Act Update
On 11 March 2024 the Aged Care Taskforce, a broadly based group handpicked and chaired by Aged Care Minister, Anika Wells, released its report. Unsurprisingly it has garnered a lot...
Read More about All Task But No Courage
The answer is simple. Become the operator of an aged care facility . 8.15% per annum is the current Maximum Prescribed Interest Rate (MPIR) payable by aged care residents who...
Read More about How to earn 8.15% on your investment (guaranteed)The Australian Aged Care Quality & Safety Commission is responsible for assessing and accrediting aged care services in Australia. The agency publishes reports on its website (www.myagedcare.gov.au) which provide information...
Read More about What do your stars say?
All of us have been noticing how much inflation is impacting our lives. Whether it be mortgage or rent payments, fuel, electricity, or groceries, we are all paying more for...
Read More about More Aged Care Fee Increase Pain on the HorizonOne of the changes foreshadowed by the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality & Safety was the introduction of a new star grading system for aged care facilities. The ratings...
Read More about The Stars Are OutTreasurer, Dr Jim Chalmers delivered his first budget on 25 October 2022. For the most part, economists have praised it as being conservative and sensible. Aged Care is one of...
Read More about After the BudgetShould you downsize your family home if aged care is on the horizon? As we approach the election the Coalition has announced that it is extending the category of people...
Read More about Somewhere over the rainbow
After fighting for what seems like forever to keep Covid-19 and outsiders out of our State, we succumbed a few weeks ago. A bit like the perennial question of the...
Read More about Aged Care in an uncertain world
People occasionally approach me for advice about acquiring a unit in a retirement village. More often though, I have to consider the documentation they have signed as they wish to...
Read More about Retirement Villages: The most complicated finance contracts in Australia
On 1 March 2021 the report of the findings and recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety was tabled in Parliament. It proposed that a new...
Read More about Where to for aged care reform 2022?
It’s easy to see why most people believe that the aged care sector was the big winner in this year’s budget delivered by Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on 11 May...
Read More about The 2021 – 2022 Budget: Can the Titanic be turned around?
On 1 March 2021 the Commonwealth government released the voluminous report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety. The Commissioners (Lynelle Briggs and Tony Pagone QC) made...
Read More about A new dawn or another doorstop?
The aged care sector seems to have been under constant attack for the last 18 months. After the revelations of abuse of residents at Oakden in South Australia and complaints...
Read More about Why Place Your Loved One in an Aged Care Facility at the Moment?
The world was turned upside down soon after the beginning of this year when it became apparent that the novel Corona virus was not limited to Wuhan, a city in...
Read More about The Effect of Covid-19 in Aged Care Facilities
The Royal Commission into Aged Care was established by the Governor General (under the direction of the Commonwealth Government) in December 2018. The Commissioners were appointed to be a commission...
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