You will need to
complete an application form to be eligible for admission to
permanent or respite care. There is a general Application for
Residential Aged Care Form, designed by the Department of Health
and Ageing, which may be provided to you by a social worker or an
ACAT member. Individual aged care residences will also have their
own application form-you will only need to fill in one of these
forms.
The application form will ask you to provide information about your
personal circumstances and preferences and allows for a better
assessment of your needs as well as providing important legal and
financial information.
The information you provide on the application form will be kept
private. The information provided will also assist prospective aged
care residences to assess whether they have a place that is
appropriate for you, with the right level of care required.
If you wish someone else to act on your behalf such as a family
member, close friend or lawyer you will need to indicate this on
the application form. Privacy laws prohibit aged care residences
from dealing with anyone other than those nominated by you.
When a place, which suits your individual requirements, becomes
available you or your nominated person will be contacted by the
aged care residence. You do not have to accept this place if your
circumstances have changed or you have changed your mind about the
residence.
If you do chose to accept a place in an aged care residence you
will have up to seven days to move in.
For a Regis Application Form call us on 1300 998
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