Aged care guides for families

The guides

• Support at Home explainedA plain guide to Support at Home for families: who qualifies, getting assessed through My Aged Care, the wait for funding, what it pays for, what you might pay and how to choose a provider.
• Getting an aged care assessment through My Aged CareHow to apply for an aged care assessment for a parent: who to call, the online application, what to bring, what the assessor does and what happens next.
• Support at Home classifications and budgets explainedThe 8 Support at Home classifications and their quarterly budgets, how care management and rollover work, and the short term pathways, from official sources.
• What you pay for Support at Home, in plain EnglishSupport at Home contributions explained: free clinical care, the rates for pensioners and self funded retirees, the income and assets test and the lifetime cap.
• Waiting for Support at Home: the Priority System and what you can do meanwhileHow the Support at Home Priority System decides the wait, the latest official wait estimates, interim funding, the 56 day deadline and what to do meanwhile.
• Choosing a home care provider: the questions to askWhat to check and ask before choosing a Support at Home or private home care provider: registration, prices, care management, regular workers and leaving.
• Respite care: getting a break when you care for a parentThe kinds of respite for people caring for an older parent: in home, day centre, cottage and residential respite, the 63 day limit, costs and Carer Gateway.
• Turning 65 on the NDIS: staying on the NDIS or moving to aged careWhat the law says when an NDIS participant turns 65: staying on the NDIS, what ends participation, why it is hard to go back and what to compare first.
• Paying privately for home care: when it makes sense and what to checkWhen families pay privately for home care, how it fits with Support at Home, and what to check with a private provider before help starts.

Aged care glossary

Classification, care partner, referral code, Priority System: the words you will meet, explained in a sentence or two.

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