Choice Home Help

16/12/2025

Our office Rudolph 😍🎄

14/12/2025

This video explains why the new agreements are so long - 60 pages. If you are looking for information, grab a cuppa (and a scotch finger) and settle in.

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14/12/2025

Some fine tunings before Santa is ready to meet some new friends at our Geraldton Christmas party.

14/12/2025

Australia’s revamped aged care system was supposed to streamline access and improve support. Instead, older people are confronting long waits, rising costs, confusing assessments and opaque rules that too often leave them without the help they need.

13/12/2025

Thank you to some of my Choice team who helped us this week with our Geraldton Christmas party, but also to the rest of the crew who missed out because they were out and about seeing our clients, who couldn’t attend on the day.

It’s lovely to see Santa being so comfortable with Zoe, our first ever carer! Don’t worry, it’s her partner Thomas underneath that beard!

🧑‍🎄 🎅

13/12/2025

The reforms have unleashed a wave of confusion and despair amongst hundreds of thousands of elderly Australians, from those wanting care to those who already have it.

13/12/2025

We’re still waiting to hear if these two have made Santa’s nice list… and honestly, it could go either way! 🎅🤣

12/12/2025

Today I saw the failings of the new system first hand.

I have a lady who needs help. Her best friend who has his own heath challenges can no longer visit, take her shopping and look out for her. She never had children and her husband passed away a few years ago.

She is living in a bubble. She is exhibiting all the signs of dementia, totally unaware, should not be living alone and needs help. She hasn’t seen her GP since earlier in the year and takes no medicines. I’m not sure what’s she does for meals as she doesn’t drive and only sees someone weekly. Her phone no longer works as she hasn’t paid the bill. Her only relative is 95 and lives an hour away. She repeats the same stories over and over.

But here’s the thing. She was assessed last month using the new “assessment tool”. The govt has given her a Support at Home classification of 3. This is a third of what she would have got under the old Home Care Package system. And a further insult is that only 60% of the money is available to use, as the package remains in its “interim” stage.

What a disaster. This is grossly inadequate. Aged care is going backwards.

⭐️ You didn’t ask, but here are some suggestions for you at home:

👄 Start talking about your future
📄 Get your Enduring Power of Attorney sorted before it’s too late
🧑‍⚕️ Get an incredible GP
⚠️ Do everything you can so you don’t fall over
👩‍⚕️ Invite formal care into your home sooner
💰 Make sure you keep Centrelink up to date with your financials
🤷‍♀️ Don’t be stubborn
🙏🏻 Don’t think there are others more worthy
☎️ Make an appointment to speak to us at Choice Home Help 9408 1134

12/12/2025

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11/12/2025

I was visiting a couple of my special clients today, and they pulled this book out.

I told them it’s been 20 years since I’ve seen anything like this.

Anyone remember what it is? LOL!!!

11/12/2025

11/12/2025

Fitzies at Ibis in Geraldton was a great choice for a Christmas function. The staff were amazing, and the food and drinks were even better! Thanks to all of our carers, clients and their families. Wishing everyone a merry and safe Christmas and a happy New Year..