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$29,888.34 overcharged errors made by former Provider

2023-11-24T12:39:26+10:00

Hello,

My very intelligent and successful client couldn’t understand her husband’s Home Care Statements from his former Home Care Provider. So I spent 2 weekends auditing them and found many errors but I still couldn’t fully reconcile his Home Care Package. So I personally visited his former Home Care Approved Provider to find out face-to-face how their statements […]

$29,888.34 overcharged errors made by former Provider2023-11-24T12:39:26+10:00

Elderly Australians are getting ripped off by secret fees

2023-11-24T12:39:27+10:00

Another week of auditing monthly statements of Government Subsidised Home Care Packages for clients who are wondering if they should transfer their Home Care Package to Daughterly Care Community Services.

This week I discovered another three Approved Providers who charge secret undisclosed fees of 10% pa to Elderly in home care clients.

Elderly Australians are getting ripped off by secret fees2023-11-24T12:39:27+10:00

Level 4 Home Care Package Fees – Save $892.31 every 31 days

2023-11-24T12:39:28+10:00

Imagine if you had an extra $892.31 every 31 days to spend on your care?

$892.31 worth of extra care and support every 31 days is not to be sneezed at. How could your life be easier or more joyful with that extra money to spend on your care?

When I say my […]

Level 4 Home Care Package Fees – Save $892.31 every 31 days2023-11-24T12:39:28+10:00

2 Ways to avoid large ($4,153) Home Care Package Exit Fees

2023-11-24T12:39:29+10:00

Last week a number of friends texted and emailed me to ask:

“I saw in the media that elderly people are getting slugged an Exit Fee – of $4,153 [1] just for leaving the current provider of their Home Care Package. Kate, is that really […]

2 Ways to avoid large ($4,153) Home Care Package Exit Fees2023-11-24T12:39:29+10:00

Are undisclosed hidden home care fees charged to Elderly people ethical?

2023-11-24T12:39:30+10:00

5 May 2017 Update: This week the Old-School Approved Provider who said, “Kate, you are wrong” (see below) agreed to refund two clients the following secret, undisclosed, hidden Home Care Package fees:

Client 1 – $4,589.76

Client 2 – 4,620.28

of secret undisclosed hidden Home Care Package fees.

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Are undisclosed hidden home care fees charged to Elderly people ethical?2023-11-24T12:39:30+10:00