Aged Care Planning

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 […]

Aged 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 […]

Age 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 […]

Age 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 […]

Aged 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 […]

Aged 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 […]