Benny is a 40 year old mechanic. He earns $85,000, is divorced and lives at home with

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Benny is a 40 year old mechanic. He earns $85,000, is divorced and lives at home with his mother in the house she owns. Benny inherited about $300,000 when his father died which he has been keeping in a bank savings account. He has been told by a friend that he should try to "maximise his super" for his retirement. Benny has a balance of $135,000 as at 30 June 2022. The only contributions to his super fund so far have been his super guarantee from his employer. He had a total of concessional contributions of $8,000 in FY 2019, $8,070 in FY 2020, $8,250 in FY2021 and $8,400 in FY2022. Benny's mother is retired and has just turned 73. She has only recently realised that she could be getting the age pension from Centrelink. She had not applied up to this time as she thought she was not eligible because her home would be worth too much. She owns the home they live in which is worth about $1,600,000 with no debt and she has $200,000 in the bank. The only other asset she has is an account based pension which has a current account balance of $120,000. She is also thinking about spending about $90,000 to renovate the 2 bathrooms and laundry in her home but wants to ensure she has enough cash available to provide her with an income in her retirement. Benny's mother is also experiencing some serious health problems due to a car accident she had last year and while Benny is able to help care for her, he is concerned about what to do if her condition worsens. Based on the case study above, answer the following questions. Discuss how Benny's mother's home will be treated in any aged care fee assessment