Aged Care Advice – Newcastle
GalleryHow to Cope With Losing Independence
If you or a loved one is experiencing a fear of losing independence, you may be able to maintain a sense of control.
Few, if any of us, look forward to losing independence. In fact, research reveals that 75% of older people feared losing independence while only 29% feared dying. It also revealed that 44% […]
Funding Aged Care for a Spouse – Aged Care Advice Newcastle
When you begin to look at funding aged care for your spouse or parents and, trying to sift through all the DAPs, RADs, and working through the calculations for Centrelink, if you get totally overwhelmed then you are not alone. After going through this experience over the past few weeks I can tell you…don’t […]
GalleryAged Care Advice For Ageing Parents In Newcastle
Aged Care Advice For Ageing Gracefully
The reality of modern life is that we are tending to live longer, fuller lives.
If you have elderly relatives, you may be faced with deciding the best ways to support them as they age. While the preference of many will be to grow old gracefully at home and be […]
GalleryAge Pension Assets Test Changes – Newcastle Pension Planning Advice
Are you prepared for the Age Pension Assets Test Changes?
How the assets test will work in 2017 could increase your Age Pension entitlements, or take some or all of them away.
With revisions to the Age Pension assets test just around the corner, it’s important to understand how the changes could impact you, particularly with […]
GalleryAge Pensions Face Change – Retirement Planning Newcastle
THE government’s changes to the Age Pension could affect your ability to plan for a comfortable retirement. Recent reports suggest that more than 300,000 Age Pensioners will have at least part of their pension cut, with just under 100,000 of these people losing all Age Pension entitlements, taking effect from January 2017.
THE AGE PENSION […]
GalleryAged Care Newcastle – Rental Income Assessment Changes
Leaving the family home to enter residential care is a tough decision. On the one hand, you (or your loved ones) are leaving a place you’ve made your own over decades. On the other hand, those moving in to aged care often experience an immediate boost in quality of life – fewer responsibilities, more […]
GalleryAged Care Advice Newcastle – 10 Important Questions Pre Aged Care Advice
If you haven’t talked to an aged care adviser yet then here are the Ten Important Questions you need to ask before getting Aged Care Advice.
What type of Aged Care Service will you or your loved one need?
What are the costs of Aged Care and do you know if you can afford the care?
Do […]
GalleryAged Care Response a True Test of Society’s Caring
Elderly and frail patients as well as their loved ones can sometimes be unwilling participants of an insensitive aged care system. There are examples of excellence, but it can seem that sadly there is not enough. Levels of care delivery in hospitals and aged care homes vary greatly, but there is usually no way of knowing this until […]
GalleryAged Care Advice Newcastle – 2015-16 Federal Budget
Residential aged care received only minimal attention in the government’s recent Federal Budget. Unfortunately, people in Newcastle entering residential aged care from 1 January 2016 are not winners from the budget, as the strategy available to assist families wishing to keep the family home will be removed.
Currently there is an advantage for people entering […]
GalleryThe Cost of Living Longer and Staying Healthy
Now that people are living longer, the cost of staying hale and hearty is rising at the same time that governments are trying to claw back spending on medical care. But good opportunities remain to make sound investments in health care sectors at home and abroad.
In Australia and around the world, healthcare funding is […]