Examples of Aged Care Act in a sentence
Additional Services Fee (refer to clause C11) An additional services fee is payable for the additional services you elect to receive in addition to the care and services specified in the Aged Care Act.
Change of Room (refer to clauses D1 and D2) We can only ask you to move rooms in the circumstances permitted under the Aged Care Act, including if a move is required or arises because: • Your care needs change • We need to carry out repairs • You are unable or ineligible to make contemplated payments to us or access associated funding (eg if you have said you will pay an accommodation payment and it turns out you are only eligible to pay an accommodation contribution).
The Aged Care Act specifies care and services we must provide if you are assessed as needing them.
The additional service fee is set by us having regard to the principles that regulate additional services under the Aged Care Act.
We can only stop providing care and services and require you to move out in the limited circumstances permitted under the Aged Care Act, including: • You no longer need the care and services we offer • We can no longer meet your long-term care needs • You don’t pay your fees on time • You cause serious harm to others or serious damage to the Care Community.
If you did not complete an assessment from the government, you will be required to provide us with a copy of your My Aged Care Fee Estimator or pay the maximum amount permitted under the Aged Care Act (until an assessment is provided or sufficient information is available to determine if an adjustment can be made).
You may be required to contribute to the costs of your care depending on your assets and income as assessed by Services Australia, DVA or using the means tested amount calculator under the Aged Care Act.
Security of Tenure (refer to clauses D12 and D13) Once you move into the Care Community the Aged Care Act obliges us to provide an appropriate level of care.
The basic daily fee is set by the Department of Health under the Aged Care Act and is currently 85% of the basic age pension.
We require certain information concerning your assets and income to calculate the fees you are required to pay in accordance with the Aged Care Act.