Retirement village operators

[percy]

$140 per day ! Hope I don't get old. Ooops...already am....I mean older. No...that's not a good solution either.

My brother in law is paying over $1,000 a week for care,in an old retirement home,for a very small bedroom with a toilet.

[RTM]

My brother in law is paying over $1,000 a week for care,in an old retirement home,for a very small bedroom with a toilet.

Well…..they've got that new law...by the time I'm ready...the safeguards might be gone ?
No...shouldn't joke about that.
Looks like getting old is going to be an expensive business.
Thanks Percy....but I prefer not to think about it to much.
Cheers
RTM

[Joshuatree]

My brother in law is paying over $1,000 a week for care,in an old retirement home,for a very small bedroom with a toilet.

Over $1200 here for our Mother. Be wary when they want to shift your mum or dad to another level of care, they will try to up the room rate. Ask specifically before hand what the changes entail and take the name and date of the person you talk to.

[percy]

Over $1200 here for our Mother. Be wary when they want to shift your mum or dad to another level of care, they will try to up the room rate. Ask specifically before hand what the changes entail and take the name and date of the person you talk to.

So the $140 per day OCA charge is reasonable.ie $980 per week.