Our 78 year old mother has been refused a permanent contributory visa because of her medical condition.She was diagnosed with Kidney Disease on blood tests and is well at the moment but the decision maker(Immigration Dept) refused the application on the basis that they did not believe the applicant satisfied Regulation 864.223 of the Migration Regulations 1994 (Cth) stating that as and when if the Kidney disease worsens she may need regular dialysis which is a cost to the government and taxpayers in spite of us willing to pay 40,000$ for a Contributory visa.We are willing to finance all our mums needs and do not want to depend on Medicare. We have had private cover for her from Day 1 in Australia and are happy and willing to bear all her expenses.All we want is for our mum to stay with us for good. The current visa (subclass 600) allows parents to live with family for only 12 months and after that they have to spend at least 6 months out of Australia. Some of the parents are too old and frail and travelling every year is very hard as well as expensive. Also living by themselves isolates them mentally,physically and socially.My brother and I are practising Doctors and her carers and if our mum doesn't get a permanent visa one of us will have to return with her to her country which means the community loses a Doctor and  we have to uproot our respective families as well. This is a situation which can affect any of us.Our ageing parents should be given permanent visas to allow them to be able to spend time with their children and grandchildren.We all can help make a difference and the change. The DIAC could introduce a 10 year multiple entry visa with a 3-5 years continuous stay and maybe a compulsory period of 2 weeks out of the country which can help the migrants and their parents. This is a great way of reuniting the parents with their family. It is our basic human right to be able to care for our parents and for us to exist as a happy family.