Mm-hmm

... until about the last week.

I nearly had a stroke last week when I read it.

Um, and you know, basically what will happen is that they're going to end verbal consent for Medicare bulk billing.

Um, and from that date, pr- uh, practitioners, they must obtain physical or electronic signatures from a patient or a responsible person before lodging a claim, and they must retain that documentation for two years.

Mm-hmm

... um, then Jeffrey Garrett, our legal practice director, would sign off on that blanket authority.

The GP keeps us updated, um, to let us know what the progress of that is or if the person, older person requires additional tests, and there's really good communication between the two of them now.

So this is very different to that.

That's right.

This is real person-centred care.

Because when we're looking at an individual, you and I are not the same.

No.

And we both have different care needs.

So if we're in a community and I need a little bit more care, well, therefore, there's actually one of the facilities on the Gold Coast who has a whole infirmary on the second floor.

So I'm glad that they're looking at that through a different lens because it's You know, it may not be now or the next 10 years, but certainly in the next 10, 15, 20 years, we're going to start looking at an older generation of Aussies who haven't been able to get their foot in the door, who now need options.

And this to me sounds like they might be dollar signs attached.

Look, I don't think it's any different to you purchasing into a retirement community.

So a standard retirement community is exactly the same.

This all comes under the Retirement Village Act.

So when you purchase into a hybrid community, you have an ingoing contribution.

Then you have an ongoing contribution, which is your general service and maintenance charges.

And then an outgoing contribution, which is what we refer to as a deferred management fee.

the fine and print before you sign up for these sorts of things? What are the sort of terms and conditions or what are the things we should look out for in terms of fee and contract conditions before signing up to one of these communities?