Editorial guides
Practical articles, checklists and explanations built around Italian aged care homes, urgent placement, waiting lists and home-care decisions.
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How the former home is treated in the aged care means assessment and the pension, when to sell versus rent versus keep, and how the RAD decision interacts with the house.
A day-by-day plan for finding a good aged care home fast — My Aged Care, Star Ratings, the means assessment, RAD vs DAP, the shortlist, the visit questions and the paperwork.
The step-by-step path into government-funded aged care — registering with My Aged Care, the single assessment, choosing homes and the waitlist.
How respite works under My Aged Care, when to use it, and how a respite stay can smooth the path to permanent care.
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How the former home is treated in the aged care means assessment and the pension, when to sell versus rent versus keep, and how the RAD decision interacts with the house.
How the new Support at Home program works, what it funds, when home care stops being enough, and how families decide between staying home and moving into residential care.
Funded residential respite days, what it costs, booking in practice, emergency respite when a carer collapses, and using respite as a trial run for permanent care.
Secure dementia units versus mainstream wings, the questions that reveal real dementia capability, restraint rules, and how to judge a memory support unit in one visit.
