The baby boomers are at the stage of life where they are making arrangements around aged care. With their history of demanding higher standards of service across the board, this may be just the impetus needed to overhaul the Australian aged care system.
Many of us dream about retiring overseas or enjoying extended periods of overseas travel during retirement. While drawing up your travel checklist, don’t forget to consider possible impacts to ...
Article update: The Basic Daily Fee and means-tested care fee mentioned in this article are as per The Department of Human Services' revised aged care fees released on 21 June 2019. Making ...
Many people are not aware of the full costs of buying a retirement village unit, particularly some of the extraordinary costs that only come into play when you try to ...
From 1 January 2017, if you receive an Age Pension and are asset tested, your pension may change. What will change from 1 January 2017? The value of assets you can own before your ...
A move into aged care raises many complex issues that can be confronting and difficult to navigate. Both emotional and financial challenges can be faced, not only for those entering ...
From 1 January 2015, account based pensions will have new rules in place, changing the way Centrelink determines assessable income under the income test. The change means account based pensions may now ...
People aged 65 and over are our nation’s fastest growing age group and one million Australians already receive Aged Care – a figure set to soar to 3.5 million over the next 40 ...
With change on the horizon, early preparation and sound financial advice has never been more important to managing aged care with confidence. From July 1, 2014, changes to the Residential Aged Care ...