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Integrity Life updates product offering

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... immediate family members if visiting the policyholder while they are receiving medical care. The package also includes home care, grief care for the policyholder and their family and the ability for those who may require palliative care to choose how ...

Budget commitment to aged care not good enough

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... measures don't go far enough. The Treasurer announced the record funding would go towards an additional 23,000 at-home care packages, with further investment set to be announced following the final recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged ...

Australian Unity adds to leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... company said: "These impacts include the implementation of extraordinary measures to seek to protect aged care residents, home care customers and the employees who support them, the provision of hardship relief for health insurance and banking customers ...

Australian Unity profits plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... million. "These impacts include the implementation of extraordinary measures to seek to protect aged care residents, home care customers and the employees who support them, the provision of hardship relief for health insurance and banking customers ...

Impact offers opportunity during crisis: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2020
... return by government," UTS said. Early examples include the Newpin Social Impact Bond to restore children in out-of-home care to their families and the Benevolent Society Social Impact Bond to prevent children entering out-of-home care. OSII's executive ...

Retirement funder partners with ME Bank

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... at home, but many are struggling to make ends meet as they age." Home equity for example, can also be used to fund in-home care and support the transition to aged care, he said, adding this approach also enables the transfer of home equity between generations ...

In a nutshell: Federal Budget 2019

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... Commission, older Australians will benefit from $725 million in additional funding for aged care, including 10,000 new home care packages and greater financial support for residential care. A provision of $84 million will allow for carers of loved ones ...

Record Budget spend for older Australians

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2019
... older Australians who want to stay at home longer rather than going into aged care, through a planned additional 10,000 home care packages. The Government has already announced 30,000 new home care packages over the last 18 months. The Morrison Government ...

MYEFO: Regulatory funding increases, Budget surplus doubles

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... aged care is expected to reach a record $23.5 billion in 2021-22. This includes bringing forward the release of 10,000 home care packages to connect more older Australians with high-level support. The Government is also establishing a new National Elder ...

New initiatives ready advisers for the future

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... granny flats with their children or grandchildren, moving into a retirement village or land lease community and accessing home care as well as residential aged care," Lane said. "Unfortunately for most advisers, they have very little in the way of formal ...