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They said you need an assessment, and nobody said what that means
The one gate everything else waits behind — and the hospital paths nobody mentions.
The hospital wants a decision by Friday
FreeYour parent is medically ready to leave and the hospital needs the bed.
They said he needs an ACAT. That is not quite a thing anymore.
FreeEveryone still says ACAT.
When the outcome is wrong, and who is allowed to act for them
LockedAssessment outcomes can be reviewed, free — but the window is 28 days from a letter nobody tells you to watch for. This step covers the review, the free advocacy line, and the authority gap: your power of attorney is a state document, and it is not what My Aged Care runs on.
Respite, and the emergency door nobody tells you about
LockedRespite is how many people enter care for the first time. Approval does not get you a bed — and there is an emergency provision that lets someone in before any approval exists, written down where families never look.
They want to stay home. There is a whole path for that.
FreeAlmost everything else on this site quietly assumes the person is going into a residential home.
The eight levels, and what the money can and cannot do
LockedEight funding levels, a quarterly budget that mostly cannot be banked, clinical care fully funded but everyday help means-tested, plus a separate pot for equipment — and a change on 1 October 2026 that moves the line on what you pay.