The RAD (Refundable Accommodation Deposit) is effectively the price of a room set by an aged care facility.

The most expensive room is around $2 million with the average across Australia just over $400,000. But if the thought of paying $400,000 or $500,000 or $800,000 or more for a room in residential aged care scares you, you may find it reassuring to know that you have choices.

With most decisions on where to live, you can choose to buy or rent. Aged care is the same. While the prices are quoted as a lump sum you have the choice to pay the lump sum and “buy” the right to live there or to pay a daily fee and “rent” the right to live there.  The daily fee option is called a DAP (daily accommodation payment).

Posted on 09/09/2020