From Grief and Confusion to Clarity and Confidence
Meet Jenny – Retired Widow
Jenny wasn’t only grieving the loss of her wonderful husband, she was also left with severe financial anxiety as her husband handled everything.
Read MoreThe traditional view of aged care is residential aged care in a nursing home-type environment. In reality, most people want to remain independence throughout their lives and to stay in control of where and how they live, connected to their family and community. Depending on health and physical wellbeing, as a person ages, some things may become harder to do without assistance. Home support and home care packages may provide the level of support that people need to maintain their independence.
If help at home is not enough to provide the assistance needed to maintain independence, residential aged care may be needed.
The aged care system in Australia offers three levels of subsidised support for people who require living assistance:
Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) – provides entry-level services focussed on supporting individuals to undertake tasks of daily living to enable them to be more independent at home and in the community. Services under the program are provided on an ongoing or episodic basis.
Home Care – provides more structured and comprehensive support services in the home.
Residential aged care provides care and accommodation for people who have been assessed as requiring higher levels of care than can be provided in the home. This may include 24-hour nursing care. Residential care is both on a permanent and temporary (respite) basis.
Early planning and good financial advice can take the stress out of aged care decisions for you and your family. Contact us today to discuss your options.
Jenny wasn’t only grieving the loss of her wonderful husband, she was also left with severe financial anxiety as her husband handled everything.
Read MoreAlready retired when we met, James and Helen had an income stream in place but felt they should be doing better.
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