Would you like a little land tax with your stamp duty?
27 July 2020
The NSW Federal Financial Relations Review recommends replacing stamp duty with a land tax. It will make downsizing easier, it spruiks, but for most it will make it impossible.
Cold housing kills
27 July 2020
Low-income households living in poorly insulated housing is a recipe for hypothermia and death.
How having 90 words for snow relates to aged care
23 July 2020
Languages spoken north of the Arctic circle have many words for snow, because there is so much snow and so many different types of snow north of the Arctic circle. The Australian aged care industry is all for a similar semantic deployment.
How having 90 words for snow relates to aged care
23 July 2020
Languages spoken north of the Arctic circle have many words for snow, because there is so much snow and so many different types of snow north of the Arctic circle. The Australian aged care industry is all for a similar semantic deployment.
What the Michelin Guide to Australian nursing homes doesn’t tell you
23 July 2020
Not only does the new nursing home rating system fail to tell people looking for a nursing home how good or adequate homes are (only how bad), it also fails to mention things that would be useful to know.
Aged care funding for old rope
23 July 2020
The federal Department of Health has a habit of making simple things complicated in aged care funding and it's costing the taxpayer while home care providers laugh all the way to the bank. Financing of the Commonwealth Home Support Program and the Home Care Packages program explained.
Would you rather be financially secure now or when you’re dead?
22 July 2020
A new CPSA publication explains why it is necessary for most retirees to use their capital to fund their retirement and suggests a few ways in which it can be done without running out of money before you die.
OUT NOW: Michelin Guide to Australian Nursing Homes
29 June 2020
Malnourishment is not exactly what you would associate with the Michelin restaurant guide, but the Department of Health has gone ahead and done a Michelin (with dots rather than stars) for Australian nursing homes - available from July 2020. How helpful is it?
How serious is the Government about serious nursing home incidents?
29 June 2020
Everybody is concerned about serious incidents in nursing homes in which one resident attacks another. Often dementia is in play. But being concerned is not going to fix the problem.
Right of reply: You can trust Advance Care Planning
29 June 2020
Dying with Dignity NSW's Board Member Dr Liz Jacka did not agree with an article published last month on this website about Advance Care Directives. Here is her reply.
Public dental budget hole filled at last minute
29 June 2020
Australia's disregard for oral health continues with public dental schemes coming very close to being de-funded.
Super shock unnecessary
29 June 2020
Halved overnight! Many retirees received a letter from their superannuation fund saying their pension would be halved from 1 July 2020. It's not as bad as it seems, though.
Keep the change: cash must stay
29 June 2020
Media reports suggest that cash has all but vanished as a method of payment but the Reserve Bank of Australia begs to differ.
Australia needs to get tough on elder abuse
29 June 2020
Powers of attorney are a great tool for people's affairs to be managed, but they can and are abused as well. What to do about this?
Housing stimulus not for those who need it
29 June 2020
The Government's housing stimulus package ignores the need for social and affordable housing in favour of helping home buyers and renovators, who will appreciate the extra cash, but what about the massive waiting list for social housing?
The great Narromine toilet roll heist
25 May 2020
In a letter to CPSA, CPSA member Bob Meadly provides an insight in how COVID-19 is lived in rural NSW and also opines that free-to-air TV these days is so bad it probably gives you dementia.
Hip, hip, hurray for the PBLCI!
25 May 2020
The Pensioner Beneficiary Living Cost Index (PBLCI), used in pension indexation, has proven its worth in the March 2020 quarter once again, but pensioners haven't always be so lucky.
Dutch High Court euthanasia decision highlights Advance Care Directive conundrum
25 May 2020
The aim of an Advance Care Directive is to keep control of your life when you no longer have the capacity to be in control. A decision by the highest Dutch court in a euthanasia case shows where this can lead.