All About Aged Care
Treasurer, 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 the “winners”. $3.9 billion will be allocated to the aged care sector. Many of the items to be funded have already been flagged by the […]
Should 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 who can downsize their family homes and receive tax concessions if they put up to $300,000 of the surplus into superannuation. The rule exists at […]
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 chicken and the egg, the hand of the State government was forced by both pressure from business leaders and citizens feeling the pain caused by […]
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 dispose of the unit in order to fund their move into permanent residential care. Many people have very positive experiences of life in the retirement […]
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 Aged Care Act should come into effect by no later than July 2023 to give effect to the recommendations. In total, 148 recommendations were made. […]
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 2021. After all, it promises nearly $18 billion in additional funding over the next five years. The need for increased funding has been apparent for […]
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 over 140 recommendations. The Commissioners differed in some of their conclusions as to how the system should be overhauled. They were unanimous though that major […]
Although aged care facilities have been criticised during the COVID-19 pandemic, the aged care sector is still providing quality care in Western Australia
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 China, but was destined to become a worldwide pandemic. It soon became apparent that the people most vulnerable to the virus were the elderly. People […]
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 of inquiry, and required and authorised to inquire into the following matters: the quality of aged care services provided to Australians, the extent to which […]
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