| Description |
vii, 180 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
SECTION 1: Growing Old at Home, plus ACAT -- 1. Granny flats: rights and wrongs -- 2. Care in your own home -- 3. Your ACAT assessment -- SECTION 2: Retirement Villages and Other Plans -- 4. Retirement villages...no more ladders! -- 5. Church, charity and rental villages -- 6. Demountable Homes Parks -- 7. Title deeds and what lies behind -- 8. Retirement village costs -- 9. Retirement villages: summing up the choices -- SECTION 3: Residential Aged Care -- 10. Residential aged care: setting the standards -- 11. Special services within residential aged care -- 12. Finding the right aged care facility -- 13. The assets assessment process -- 14. How the government funds aged care and supported residents -- 15. Your legal contract for aged care -- 16. Accomodation bonds, charges and retention -- 17. Daily care fees and income tested fees -- SECTION 4: Financial Strategies for Residential Aged Care -- 18. Keeping the former home -- 19. Reverse mortgages -- 20. Using a trust or company structure -- 21. Annuities and other income streams -- 22. Why pay a bigger accommodation bond? -- 23. When to go it alone -- 24. Better to give and receive -- 25. Meeting funeral costs |
| Summary |
This is the definitive guide to the vast range of options available to senior Australians today. Whatever your financial status, current state of health or future hopes and plans, you'll find good advice to help you make the best choices for your senior years |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Includes index |
|
Also available in electronic version via the Internet |
| Subject |
Older people -- Care -- Australia.
|
|
Older people -- Housing -- Australia.
|
|
Older people -- Services for -- Australia.
|
|
Retirement -- Economic aspects -- Australia.
|
| Author |
Whittaker, Noel, 1940-
|
| ISBN |
0987082957 (paperback) |
|
9780987082954 (paperback) |
|
