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Current Fees and Charges Entering Aged Care

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Although the rates detailed below are basic fees and charges that residents can expect to pay either in Low or High Level care, there may be options available to you that would potentially reduce this rate.

Call us on 1300 784 781 to find out how we can assist you in obtaining the best fee package for you.

If you need to calculate how much you could be paying in care, Click here and access our Aged Care Fee Calculator.

Current Fees and Charges entering Aged Care

from 1 January 2010

Fee/Charge/Thresholds	Residents who entered care from 1 January 2010
Maximum Basic Daily Fee¹
- Standard Resident contribution	up to $36.94
- Protected resident contribution²	up to $33.74
- Phased Resident Contribution	up to $33.74
- Non-Standard Resident Contribution³	up to $42.02
Residents who were in a hostel on 30 September 1997 and who are NOT currently at a home that was a nursing home before 1 October 1997 will receive a reduction of 80 cents per day to their basic daily fee.
- Residents who are currently receiving care in the same hostel where they were living on 30 September 1997 and who are paying 'grandparented' variable fees.	Agreed amount of fees, less any allowance for rent assistance (until the prescribed basic daily fee is greater than the agreed amount).

Maximum Daily Income Tested Fee	up to $59.38
Income tested fees are calculated as 5/12th of total assessable income over the income thresholds per fortnight for a single person or each member of a couple. For residents with private income (non-pension income) over a threshold of $142.00 per fortnight for a single person, $124.00 for each member of a couple.	Pensioner Thresholds The threshold for all new residents as of 20 September 2009 will be $783.70 per fortnight for a single person or $765.70 per fortnight for a member of a couple. The thresholds for Protected residents as of 20 September 2009 will be $721.50 per fortnight for a single person or $703.50 per fortnight for a member of a couple.
Pensioner allowable limit for Accommodation bonds If a resident first entered care prior to 20 March 2008 and agreed to pay a bond of more than 10 times the annual single age pension	$144,000

Minimum Assets Amount A resident must be left with this amount when calculating the maximum accommodation bond.	$36,000
Asset Cut-off Level^*
- for fully supported⁴ resident status	$36,000
- for partially supported⁴ resident status	$91,910.40
- for concessional resident status	N/A
- for assisted resident status	N/A

Previous Schedules of Fees and Charges can be found on the Ageingweb website at : http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/ageing-archive-feesinfo-0109.htm

Maximum Permissible Interest Rate
- for accommodation bond agreements (for all new residents from 1 October ¨C 31 December 2009)	7.95%
- for accommodation charge agreements (for all new residents from 20 March 2009)	4%

Maximum Accommodation Charge for new residents entering care from 20 Sept 2009 - 19 March 2010⁵

- for fully supported residents

N/A

Residents who first entered residential aged care from 20/3/2009¹⁰
:non-supported residents, if their assets at entry are at least $91,910.40
- who are not in receipt of a means-tested Australian pension
- who are in receipt of a means-tested Australian pension
:supported residents, if their assets at entry are equal to or less than $91,910.40

$26.88
$25.02
calculated amount⁷

Maximum Accommodation Charge for pre 20 March 2008 residents who enter care during the period 20 Sept 2009 - 19 March 2010⁸
- for concessional residents and charge exempt residents	N/A
Residents who first entered residential aged care from 1/7/2004 - assisted residents, if their assets at entry are at least $56,221 - assisted residents, if their assets at entry are less than $56,221 - other residents, if their assets at entry are at least $71,351 - other residents, if their assets at entry are less than $71,351	$11.08 calculated amount⁴ $19.37 calculated amount⁴
Residents who first entered residential aged care before 1/7/2004⁹ - assisted residents, if their assets at entry are at least $51,458 - assisted residents, if their assets at entry are less than $51,458 - other residents, if assets at entry are at least $66,076 - other residents, if assets at entry are less than $66,076	$8.47 calculated amount⁴ $16.48 calculated amount⁴
Pensioner Supplement	$6.95
Deeming Thresholds and rates from 1 July 2009 Threshold (single) Threshold (couple ¨C combined) Lower rate Higher rate	$42,000 $70,000 2% 3%

1. Residents in designated remote areas may be asked to pay an additional $1.06 per day (See section 7.3.9 of the Residential Care Manual)
2. Protected rate applies to blind pensioner and non-pensioner residents who have a dependant child
3. Rate applies to pre 20 March 2008 SFRs and MNDs and pre 20 March 2008 big bond payers
4. Contact the Department on 1800 500 853
5. Rate remains unchanged for resident's stay in the one home, regardless of annual indexation of the maximum rate for new entrants
6. From 20 March 2008, accommodation charges are capped, even if a resident moves from one home to another, provided that there is not a break in
care of more than 28 days (excluding leave).
7 As advised by the Department of Health and Ageing.
8. And who haven't left permanent residential aged care for more than 28 days before entering care after 20 March 2008.
9. Accommodation charge limited to a maximum period of five years and is fixed at date of entry.

For information please contact the Department on 1800 500 853.