Aged Care – fees and charges 065-19103017
Policy
Pre 1 July 2014
Social Security Guide, 1.1.A.15, Accommodation bond, accommodation bond balance
Social Security Guide, 1.1.A.18, Accommodation charge
Post 1 July 2014
Social Security Guide, 1.1.A.110, Aged care (residential)
Social Security Guide, 1.1.D.13, Daily fees (residential aged care)
Social Security Guide, 1.1.R.113, Refundable deposit, refundable deposit balance
Means assessments
Social Security Guide, 4.4, Deeming Provisions
Social Security Guide, 1.1.F.135, Financial investments
Social Security Guide, 4.6.3.70, Exempting the principal home - care situations
Social Security Guide, 4.6.2.10, General provisions for exempt assets
Social Security Guide, 4.3, Ordinary Income
Social Security Guide, 4.1, Deprivation of Income & Assets
Social Security Guide, 4.2.1, Pension income test & additional free area for dependent children
Legislation
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Definitions for aged care
- Schedule 1, Dictionary
Aged care means testing
- Schedule 1, Dictionary
- section 44-11, Definitions relating to supported residents, concessional residents and assisted residents
- sub-Division 44-E, The income test
- section 52C-3, Maximum daily amount of resident fees
- Section 44-22, Working out the means tested amount
- Section 44-24, The care recipient's total assessable income
- Section 44-26, The care recipient's total assessable income free area
- Section 44-26A, The value of a person's assets
- Section 44-26C, Determination of value of a person's assets
- Division 52G, Rules about accommodation payments and accommodation contributions
- section 1064, Module E - Ordinary income test