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*Assist you to select the most suitable home

*Arrange tours of homes in your preferred times

*Negotiate the bond and extra service fees.

Matching feedback from past family clients, current vacancies, and your unique family requirements, we are able to find you the best solution, in the shortest time frame.

Making sure that the transition from home to residential care is a positive experience.

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Aged Care Homes - The Complete Australian Guide

"Aged Care Homes" is an excellent step-by-step guide to residential aged care placement, and is written purposefully for seniors and carers considering a move to residential aged care.

We were pleased to contribute to the content of Anthea and Val's book and recommend Aged Care Homes - THE Complete Australian Guide to families and carers who are beginning to research or complete an aged care placement for a loved one.

The book is an easy way to start understanding residential care placement before taking the next big step.

If you need to get a quick and accurate start to arranging an aged care placement, this book covers all the important information that you need to know.

Written in an easy to understand style.

but if you have a specific question: contact us

Aged Care Homes is a supportive guide through the maze of government assessment, the stress of researching homes and the complexities of finding optimal financial strategies.

Aged Care Homes guides you from identifying the need to find a care home, through the practical and financial steps, to moving into and living in a care home anywhere in Australia.

Aged Care Homes provides checklists for assessing homes, lots of resources, and lists of all the homes in Australia.

Chapters include:

Introduction (brief history, todays picture)

Is it Time? (what are the signs? what are the options)

Homes (types of homes, what is provided)

Formal Preparation (ACAT, EPOA)

Financial Homework (Asset Assessments)

Financial Strategies (Nine Strategies are presented)

Finding a home (Placement agency vs DIY)

Moving in (Residents Rights)

Ongoing Practical Issues (Visiting, Decline)

Ongoing Care Concerns (Checklist)

and more ...

Aged Care Homes:
THE Complete Australian Guide
Price Only: $29.95
Format : Paperback
ISBN(13) : 9780646487366
ISBN(10) : 0646487361
Publisher : Litehouse Books
Imprint : Litehouse Books
Pub. Date (AUS) : October 2008
Pages : 235
Height (mm) : 215
Width (mm) : 154
Weight (g) : 343
Postage: $7.95
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