General Medical issues thread

[Quickstatus]

Everyone needs a home but aged care offers a 2* level hotel room (and likely 1* catering or worse) and doesn't seem like a home to me…more like a prison...

Depends on you level of independence and the NH.
It may be more appropriate to live in own home and get aged care packages to provide things like cleaners etc. UberEats is the ultimate meals on wheels

Alternatively some people take their $$$ and move to somewhere OS where there is greater purchasing power.

 

[JohnK]

You should always talk to a lawyer or accountant when selling large assets if on an aged pension. Look up "deprivation of assets Centrelink". And remember that once the home is sold the proceeds are no longer exempt and are considered non exempt assets for the purposes of calculating the OAP etc

The idea basically a person's assets should firstly go toward their care first rather than be given to someone else

Of course and we'd never do anything without legal advice.

This whole thing is a minefield. Looks like the government has forced inheritance taxes and pseudo death taxes.

Why can't mum transfer her house to her sons or granddaughter? She gets full pension and the idea that she has to live off the funds from selling house is ludicrous.

So the only thing we can do is ensure that a will is in place and up to date to avoid any sort of tax.

P.S. Ambulance came to get dad this morning. Apparently the hospital is now going to take care of putting dad into respite care or nursing home. I don't think he will go home again. Sad.