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What to Check Before Signing an Aged Care Agreement Entering residential aged care involves several important decisions, and one of the most significant is signing the aged care agreement. Wh…

How to Prepare for Your First Meeting with an Aged Care Adviser Planning for residential aged care involves more than choosing a suitable facility. Families are often faced with important financ…

A Complete Checklist for Touring an Aged Care Home in Australia Visiting a residential aged care home is an important step in choosing the right environment for your loved one. While brochures…

Signs It May Be Time to Consider Residential Aged Care for a Loved One Making the decision to move a loved one into residential aged care is rarely easy. For many families, it comes after…

How to Compare Residential Aged Care Homes: 12 Questions Every Family Should Ask Choosing a residential aged care home for a loved one is one of the most important decisions a family can make. W…

Understanding the Aged Care Journey For many families, the moment aged care becomes a serious conversation is the moment everything suddenly feels complicated. There are assessments to organise, fun…

The new aged-care rules: what they mean now Australia’s new aged-care funding rules have now been in place for several months, and while the headlines have faded, the practical impacts are becoming…

This article was originally published in Money Magazine on 14/11/2025 Two weeks have passed since Australia's new aged-care reforms came into effect. The changes put more onus on residents, particu…

This article was originally published on Yahoo Finance on 01/11/2025 The way residential aged care works is changing on November 1 and it's set to be far more expensive for some residents. Self-fun…

This article was originally published in The Australian on 31/10/2025 A major overhaul of aged care funding takes effect this Saturday, and if you're considering residential care in the coming month…

Rising Costs and the Future of Aged Care Planning in Australia Planning for aged care has always been complicated - but with Australia’s aged care costs continuing to rise, preparation has never bee…

It is totally understandable that most older people wish to stay at home for as long as they can. Many have lived in their homes for decades and raised families there. Homes, and the comfort and in…

Note: All figures & information accurate at time of publication, before the November 1, 2025 changes Anyone who has dipped their toes into the confusing and arcane world of the Australian aged-c…

Self-funded Retirees Face Higher Aged Care Fees from 1 November On November 1 a seismic shift will take place in the Australian aged-care industry - more Australians, especially those with means, wi…

Four Ways to Potentially Save Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in Aged Care As Australians live longer, more and more will end up in residential aged-care. The number of people in permanent aged care…

Clarity lays out the “complex” aged care industry as a change will come into effect from November 2025 where self-funded retirees could see fees increase upwards of $50,000. Labor’s Aged Care Act, wh…

Understanding the Means Tested Care Fee for Aged Care: A Guide for Families The journey into aged care is accompanied by complex financial considerations, including the means tested care fee that det…

Apart from a freeze in the deeming rate at 2.25% – announced before the budget – and an extra $2.6 billion allocated to 60,000 aged-care nurses to ‘deliver high quality care for Australians’, there w…

Note: All figures & information accurate at time of publication, before the November 1, 2025 changes Introduction Why it is crucial to understand aged care costs The aged care system in Australia…

Clarity Aged Care shares the inspiration behind the rebranding of their service that helps people navigate aged care. A new chapter: Clarity Aged Care Advisors For the past decade, Joseph Palmer…

The Australian Government is overhauling the Aged Care Act with significant aged care changes in 2025 set to take effect on 1 November 2025. This move replaces the existing 1997 Act and is a key part…

The number of Australians aged 85 and over is predicted to triple in the next 35 years. As Australians live longer, more and more will end up in Residential Aged Care with the number of beds requir…

There has been much deliberation about the future of the aged care industry in Australia, including the Aged Care Royal Commission in 2021, which provided a whopping 148 recommendations to the fede…

OVER the past year or two, the aged-care sector has been bashed from pillar to post. The interim report from the Aged-Care Royal Commission was blunt in its condemnation of some parts of the indust…

I recently met a new client,  a divorcee with two teenage sons who, on the face of things, appeared to have no financial worries. She has $6.5m in total assets, including a family home with no…

Over the past year, the royal commission into aged care has conducted hearings in Adelaide, Sydney, Broome, Perth, Darwin, Cairns, Mildura and Brisbane. Commissioners Richard Tracey and Lynelle Bri…

People are living longer and that means more and more of them – and their families – are having to look at options for retirement living and aged care. The number of people in permanent aged care…

Slowly, some might say stealthily, the government is putting a greater onus on Australia’s elderly and their families to stump up a greater amount for their aged-care fees. On January 1 this year…

Rodney Horin, aged-care specialist and managing director of Clarity Aged Care Advisors, answers some of the most commonly asked questions about the intricate and often confusing world of aged care…

As people live longer, more and more will end up in residential aged care. The number of people in permanent aged care in Australia is expected to triple over the next 35 years, from 225,000 today…

With a growing numbers of seniors in our community going into aged-care, and numbers expecting to increase as our population ages, it is now more important than ever to understand the intricacies o…