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Aged Care Placement and Bond Negotiation
Our aged care placement team will ...
• Provide you with independent and unbiased advice about high care
nursing homes, low care hostels, dementia specific care, assisted living
apartments and supported residential options.
• Explain the strengths and features of individual facilities so that
you can make valid comparisons and more informed decisions.
• Match the appropriate care and accommodation to your family needs
ensuring care level, location preferences, financial situation and social
aspects are met.
• Arrange tours of facilities, including transport if needed.
• Complete Request for Asset Assessment to Centrelink or DVA.
• Complete and lodge placement application paperwork.
• Achieve fast notification and response to vacancies.
• Negotiate the accommodation bond and other care fees to achieve the
optimal financial arrangement for your family.
• Provide an accredited travel nurse for interstate moves.
• Provide advocacy and support during the settling in period.
Selecting the right aged care home ...
If selecting the right aged care home simply involved just browsing an online
aged care directory or reading glossy brochures !
The simple truth is that a complete assessment of care, accommodation, and
lifestyle services provided by any aged care home requires time-consuming
research that must go well beyond looking at carefully selected images and
content provided by aged care providers.
Making sure that you make the best decision can sometimes be overwhelming.
What is the quality of care provided? Are the care staff only "task
orientated" or do they go that extra step to ensure that residents
enjoy a quality experience ?Are there worthwhile activity programs established?
Is the aged care home within the family budget? Do you take a vacancy just
because it is there - or will you regret the hasty decision?
There are a large number of factors to consider, so choosing the right aged
care home for your family can become a daunting task for a beginner.
Our Experience
Aged Care Connect has been actively involved with helping families with
aged care since 2002. There is no substitute for this experience and deep
knowledge, gained from working with families going through the same issues
that you face today.
Along our journey, we have been careful to collect useful information and
insights into all aspects of aged care placement.
If you're totally at a loss as to where or how to begin your search, contact
us and we can share this useful advice with you. It makes us feel great
too; our team is built upon the utmost compassion and empathy for the family
situation during this emotional time.
Knowing that your loved one resides in a caring, calm and tranquil environment
will definately give you peace of mind.
At the very least, we hope you explore our website and find useful information
that has a positive impact in your search for appropriate residential care
for your elderly loved one.
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