Information on Residential High Care
Elizabeth Gardens and Monash Gardens Nursing Homes
Information current from 20 September 2009.
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Name Changes
Nursing Home level of care is now known as high level of care.
Aged Care Application & Approval Form
All people requiring residence of either low level or high level must be assessed by an Aged Care Assessment Service (ACAS).
The Aged Care Application and Approval Form is valid for 12 months.
Further Information
For further information regarding income testing to determine daily fees please call:
Centrelink 13 1021
For other aged care related inquiries please call:
Department of Health and Ageing 1800 500 853
The Accommodation Charge
All residents except concessional residents are required to pay an Accommodation Charge.
The family home will be ignored as an asset if a spouse still lives in the home, and in certain other circumstances.
The current maximum Accommodation Charges are $26.88 per day for non-pensioners and $25.02 per day for residents in receipt of a pension. A resident must have at least $91,410.40 in order to be levied the maximum Accommodation Charge.
Accommodation Charge. Residents whose assets are between $36,000 and $91,410.40 will pay a calculated amount of the Accommodation Charge.
Interest of 4% per annum may be charged for any Accommodation Charge payments more than 30 days overdue.
Residents transferring from hostel to nursing home may pay an accommodation bond instead of the accommodation charge. Refer to the facility for details.
Respite Care
Each person approved for respite care is entitled to 63 days respite care per financial year in a high level care facility.
Elizabeth Gardens Nursing Home and Monash Gardens Nursing Home do not offer respite care.
Basic Care Fees
All residents pay a basic care fee. The basic daily care fee is $36.94 per day.
Fees are payable monthly by bank account direct debit.
Income-Tested Fees
The Department of Ageing will determine whether a resident pays an additional income-tested fee. This fee is calculated from information obtained from Centrelink or Veterans' Affairs.
Full pensioners do not normally pay an income-tested fee.
Income tested fees are calculated as 5/12th of total assessable income over the income thresholds per fortnight for a single person or each member of a couple.
Clothing Labels
All clothing is to be labelled with either Cash's labels or labels will be ordered through our laundry supplier.
Restraint Free Environment
The City of Monash offers a restraint free environment that does not offer bed rails.
Services Provided Within the Monthly Fees
- All administrative and maintenance costs.
- All meals.
- Nursing care.
- Lifestyle program - (entertainment, exercise classes, craft, some outings)
- Room cleaning.
- Personal laundry.
- Provision of bedding and towels.
- Basic room furnishings - curtains, bed, chair, wardrobe.
- Pharmacy service.
- Physiotherapy.
- Occupational Therapy.
- Podiatry.
- Speech Therapy.
- Medical Supplies (e.g. basic dressings, mouthwash, skin emollients).
- Some toiletries (e.g. combined soap & shampoo, tissues, toothpaste, denture cleaning).
Services Provided for Which a Fee is Charged
- Hairdressing.
- Telephone (calls and connection).
- Medical services.
- Medications.
- Supply and delivery of newspapers and magazines.
- Dry Cleaning
City of Monash Residential Care Contacts
- Elizabeth Gardens
- 2-8 Elizabeth Street
Burwood 3125
Phone: 8831 3200 - Monash Gardens Nursing Home
- 355 Wellington Road
Mulgrave 3170
Phone: 8541 4010 - City of Monash
- 239 Springvale Road
Glen Waverley 3150
Phone: 9518 3555
Updated: 23 October 2009
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