This morning I was shocked to find out that Basic Daily Fee at Nursing Home is not the same as DAP.
From myAgedCare, there's 2 pricing:
To find out Basic Daily Fee of $51.21 per day is quite heartbreaking and I need to break this news to my mom shortly. Financially, I don't believe we're ready for this Basic Daily Fee.
Spoke to AgedCare rep and was advised 2 things:
Questions:
From myAgedCare, there's 2 pricing:
- Maximum Refundable Deposit
- Maximum Daily Payments
To find out Basic Daily Fee of $51.21 per day is quite heartbreaking and I need to break this news to my mom shortly. Financially, I don't believe we're ready for this Basic Daily Fee.
Spoke to AgedCare rep and was advised 2 things:
- Speak to the nursing home management and try to negotiate the Basic Daily Fee.
- Submit Financial Hardship to Centrelink
Questions:
- How should I approach the nursing home management? should I just say that we can't afford the Basic Daily Fee and just wanted to understand if we can negotiate the Basic Daily Fee by any chance?
- Dad's Asset and Income Assessment was just submitted last Friday; can I submit Financial Hardship without knowing the outcome of that? the reason being is Basic Daily Fee is inevitable, regardless of what the outcome is hence I just want to be proactive and plan the family financially.
- If the answer to #2 is Yes, then the concern that I have is I have yet any contract with the Nursing Home as dad is currently at Respite Care (Respite Agreement) and the form is asking me to submit the Contract; should I just submit the form and explaining our situation in a covering letter?