On numerous occasions, I have written about the requirements for a person entering residential aged care to complete a Permanent Residential Aged Care – Request for a Combined Assets and Income Assessment (SA457) form. Sounds a little frightening, and it can be. It is 28 pages long with over 140 ...
For anyone who knows me, I have a standard answer for questions like this. And that answer is ‘it depends’. Whether it is planning for retirement, buying a new home, deciding what school to send the kids to, what job to take, or where to go for holidays, there are simply ...
Applying for an age pension is not easy. There is a comprehensive and complicated application form with an extensive number of questions to be answered and depending on your circumstances, innumerable documents that need to be photocopied and lodged as well. If an application is successful and the age pension is granted, ...
For many older Australians, superannuation is a relatively new concept, having only been available to the masses since the mid-1980’s. Although ‘award based’ superannuation first appeared in 1985, the more formal compulsory superannuation guarantee system was introduced in 1992. Before becoming compulsory, employer sponsored superannuation was pretty much optional. Certainly, public ...
During my working life, I have always looked forward to the stress-free and simple life I would be able to lead once I retired, but as I draw closer to the magic day, I am not sure how stress-free and simple retirement will be. For most of us, by the time ...
Do you know what it is like when you get a tune in your head and you just can’t shift it? Well, it has just happened to me. The words of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘Happy Xmas (War is Over)’ are in a continuous loop in my mind. ‘Another year over ...
Last week we heard some disturbing reports about Medicare numbers being sold on the ‘dark web’. This should be concerning to each of us and it raises a number of questions that are worth considering: How secure does a Medicare number need to be? A Medicare number on its own is pretty ...
From South Tweed Heads to Brisbane it is approximately 100 kilometers, and to do this journey on public transport is not simple. It requires coordinating two buses, a train, and a taxi to your final destination – making it a trip close to three hours. Two weeks ago I watched, with ...
Over the past few weeks I have been quietly watching a drama play out like episodes of ‘Days of our Lives’. But this is no soapy….it is a real life drama involving real people and having the key elements of a good serial – excitement, anticipation, climax and then disappointment. Setting the ...
Last week, Mark’s blog (At what age do I qualify for an age pension?) focussed on the age we qualify to receive the age pension, and the fact it is progressively increasing from 65 to 67. Following the publication of that article, a question arose from a reader of the blog, ...
PK believes people have the right to accurate, affordable and unbiased information that addresses all aspects of their preferred retirement lifestyle, thereby giving them the opportunity to make informed decisions that will empower them to live out their lives with dignity, certainty and security.
Tealey’s ambition is to change how people think about their retirement, he wants people to dream, plan and realise retirement is not defined by a magical age prescribed by the legislation.
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