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Coast Living Guide · Updated 27 October 2026 · General planning tools

These sheets organise facts you collect. They do not rank services, calculate your entitlement or decide which contract is right for you. Leave out names of family members, diagnoses, medical records, account details and personal financial documents.

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Living-options comparison

Keep different legal categories visible. A retirement village, land-lease home and ordinary villa/unit have different obligations; this sheet deliberately gives no overall score.

Option 1

Option name and suburbLegal category and agreement (village, land lease, ordinary home, or unsure)Source document or link, and its dateDate you checked the factsEntry option, upfront payment, deposit and other costsOngoing charges, what they include, and increasesDeparture fee: calculation base, percentage, cap, other deductions and capital gain/lossRefund trigger and timing; when ongoing charges stopAccess, transport, maintenance and support you would needMissing facts and questions to ask next

Option 2

Option 3

Field	Option 1	Option 2	Option 3
Option name and suburb	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Legal category and agreement (village, land lease, ordinary home, or unsure)	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Source document or link, and its date	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Date you checked the facts	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Entry option, upfront payment, deposit and other costs	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Ongoing charges, what they include, and increases	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Departure fee: calculation base, percentage, cap, other deductions and capital gain/loss	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Refund trigger and timing; when ongoing charges stop	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Access, transport, maintenance and support you would need	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Missing facts and questions to ask next	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded

Help with the figures and agreements

Official links in this section were checked online 24 October 2026. Questions and field labels were updated 27 October using the living-options guide, home-care guide and care-home costs guide, with source-check dates shown on each guide. Estimates depend on their assumptions; use the actual proposed contract, written quote and appropriate professional advice.

A direct place to start

Official help, when you need it.

Care assessments and next steps: My Aged Care, 1800 200 422.
Understanding money and aged care: the Services Australia Financial Information Service provides free financial information and education. It does not replace personal financial advice.
Aged-care rights or concerns: OPAN advocacy support, 1800 700 600, offers free, independent and confidential help with government-funded aged-care services.

Need help urgently? In a medical emergency, call triple zero (000). For a sudden care change or emergency respite, use My Aged Care’s urgent-help routes. If someone is in hospital, speak with the treating team about discharge support. Coast Living Guide is not an emergency or urgent-placement service.

Official sources checked online 24 October 2026. No Coast Living Guide enquiry is needed to use these services.

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