by Amanda Cassar | Sep 29, 2025 | Aged Care, Centrelink
Deeming Rate Changes & Centrelink Impacts for Aged Care Clients – What You Need to Know As of 20 September 2025, Centrelink made its latest round of deeming rate changes and threshold indexation — and while some full pensioners got a welcome boost, others may feel...
by Amanda Cassar | Aug 17, 2025 | Aged Care, Centrelink
When a loved one moves into aged care, it can feel like everything is changing. For many families, one of the biggest concerns is about Centrelink and Aged Care – and what happens to the Pension? In addition, will the Centrelink Age pension stop? Will it be...
by Amanda Cassar | Apr 10, 2020 | Aged Care, Centrelink
Selling or Renting Your Home to Fund Aged Care? What to Consider in Today’s Market Thinking about selling your home to enter Aged Care? For many people moving into Residential Aged Care, selling or renting their former home is a key strategy to help cover...
by Amanda Cassar | Apr 9, 2020 | Aged Care, Case Studies, Centrelink
As you probably know, capital losses from falling share prices are realised only if the company goes into liquidation or the shares are sold. Leaving investments intact may well offer the best chance to rebuild balances when markets pick up again, as they eventually...
by Amanda Cassar | Apr 6, 2020 | Aged Care, Case Studies, Centrelink
Interest rates have been falling a lot faster and a lot longer than deeming rates for Centrelink and Veterans’ Affairs recipients, making it practically to even earn the current deeming rates from bank accounts. Higher-risk investments (in better markets) may...
by Amanda Cassar | Sep 4, 2018 | Aged Care, Centrelink
Choosing how you age is not just about accommodation for you or your family. There are also a range of financial and emotional issues to plan for. The quality of today’s health care means we are enjoying longer lives, with current life expectancy levels far exceeding...