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Explain the fees that a Nursing home can charge
- Basic Daily Care Fee
- INcome tested Fee
- Either accomidation charge or
Accomidation bond (if has an extra service facility)
Note - if the home is an extra service facillity then an extra service charge may also be payable.
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Are the basic daily fee and the income tested fee calculated in the same way for hostels (low care) and nursing homes (high care).
Yes
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Can a nursing home with an extra service facility request an accomodation bond and and accomodation charge
No - it can only charge one, not both.
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If an accomidation charge is set and the residents assets change does can the charge change?
No
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Accomodation charge - when the member is part of a couple how do they assess assets
Half of the combined assets are used.
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What are the three types of residents for calculating the accomodation charge. How is the charge worked out for each?
Fully supported residents - nil
partially supported residents - calculation
Non- supported residents - 32.38
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Fully supported residents are those who:
Assets for aged care purposes are less than $40,500
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Partially supported residents are those who:
assets for aged care puposes are more than $40,500 and less than $107,850.40
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The calculation for partially supported residents is
(Assets for aged care purposes - $40,500)/2080
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Non supported residents are those whos
Assets exceed $107,850.40
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Gavin is a single pensioner with assets for aged care of $50,000, - his daily rate of accomodation charge is
($50,000 - $40,500) / 2080 = $4.56
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Molly is a couple pensioner with combined assets of $120,000 - what is her daily rate accomodation charge?
($60,000 - 40,500) x 2080 = $9.37
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When the residents assets are lower than $40,500 and an accomodation charge is not payable what may be given to the nursing home
An accomidation suppliment from the government.
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What are the four reasons that an accomodation charge will not be payable:
- Less than $40,500 in assets
-extra service facility and they pay a bond instead
- In respite care
- Residing in a nursin home in 1997 - even if they have moved to another facility.
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What generally happens when a resident moves from an hostel to a nursing home:
The bond is refunded and an accomodation charge is calculated.
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