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Lifestyle Communities reduces unsold homes by 16% in 1Q FY26

The Victorian land lease community operator provided a trading update for the quarter ended 30 September on Wednesday, 8 October. It said 54 new homes had been settled in the quarter, which puts it on track to break FY25’s total net sales of 139 for...

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Ian Horswill

15 hours ago

Funding

21 aged care homes’ worth of hospital patients stuck waiting for discharge

As Premiers and Health Ministers battle Canberra over hospital funding, a new report has revealed a key reason costs are surging: thousands of older Australians remain stranded in hospital beds because there’s nowhere else for them to go.

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Caroline Egan

08 Oct 2025

Government Policy

Trickle of Home Care Packages set to become a flood with only weeks to 1 November 2025

The Federal Government is set to release more than 3,000 Home Care Packages a week over the next three weeks as it fulfils its promise to release 20,000 Packages by 1 November.

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Caroline Egan

07 Oct 2025

Aged Care

Nurses’ union challenges Opal HealthCare on reporting of care minutes

The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMF) has launched a dispute against Opal HealthCare in the Fair Work Commission, alleging the aged care giant is not transparent in how it records mandatory care minutes.

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Caroline Egan

08 Oct 2025

Aged Care

Westpac Leading Conversations: do aged care operators have the ambition to drive change?

Do aged care leaders have the ambition to drive change? Aged care leaders Sandra Hills OAM, Matthew Filocamo, Faye Spiteri OAM, Caroline Lee and Brian Wong considered the question, and others, at a recent Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf lunch in Melbourne, hosted by Westpac and DCM Group.

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Caroline Egan

21 hours ago

Aged Care

Only in SATURDAY: Roshana’s next chapter – betting on regional care and medical integration

Roshana Care Group CEO Dr Rosh Jalagge is turning his focus to the regions – reopening closed homes, building GP-led health hubs and creating vertically integrated care ecosystems that link aged care, primary care and mental health. Read the full feature in the new issue of SATURDAY, out tomorrow.

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Caroline Egan

21 hours ago

Sector Moves & People

Treasure Jennings appointed Aged Care Complaints Commissioner

Treasure Jennings, the current head of Victoria’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Commission, has been appointed Aged Care Complaints Commissioner, effective 1 November 2025, just as the new aged care reforms take effect.

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Group Editor

05 May 2023

Aged Care

Residential aged care use growing more rapidly than home care: regulator

The latest Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) Sector Performance Report shows that residential aged care use is growing faster than home care, despite Government policy being firmly focused on supporting older Australians to remain at home.

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Caroline Egan

08 Oct 2025

Aged Care

Just 54% of metro aged care homes meet care minute targets ahead of penalties

Just over half of metropolitan aged care homes are meeting both of the Australian Government’s mandatory care minute targets, despite financial penalties set to begin in less than six months.

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Caroline Egan

08 Oct 2025

Opinion

Is prevention – and Hospital in the Home – the only cure for an ailing health system?

Australia needs more aged care beds and more Home Care Packages – but we also need to stop treating hospitals as the first and last resort. That means a focus on prevention – and on alternative models like Hospital in the Home.

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Lauren Broomham

21 hours ago

Mergers & Acquisitions

Bain Capital assesses what’s best for fattened Estia Health 23 months after $838M buy

The US-based private investor is reportedly believed to have contracted investment bank Barrrenjoey to see if its residential aged care business can be sold for a sizeable profit or should be floated on the ASX. The Australian, which reported Bain...

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Ian Horswill

21 hours ago

Community Living

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Opinion

These new retirement villages show providing care is here and now

Gone are the days when retirement living was defined by community centres, swimming pools and bowling greens. While these amenities still exist – the provision of care is now a core part of the value proposition. Hyegrove Willoughby on Sydney’s...

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Ian Horswill

Community Living

Lifestyle Communities reduces unsold homes by 16% in 1Q FY26

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Ian Horswill

Mergers & Acquisitions

Eureka’s all-age rental model expands into WA with $22.5M buy

Eureka Group Holdings has made its biggest move since Simon Owen took the helm, paying $22.5 million for Hillside Garden Village in Mount Richon, 30km southeast of Perth’s CBD.

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Ian Horswill

Sector Moves & People

SA’s largest retirement living operator and home care provider ECH appoints new CEO

Alan Morrrison, the Chief Executive Officer of the private Burnside Hospital in Adelaide and Deputy Chair of HESTA Super Fund, has been appointed Chief Executive of the profit-for-purpose organisation founded in 1964. He will assume his role in...

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Ian Horswill

Retirement and Community Living

Two Australians take charge as Ryman Healthcare lists on ASX amid $1B reset

New Zealand’s largest retirement operator, Ryman Healthcare, officially joined the ASX last Wednesday (1 October), marking its dual listing with a bell-ringing ceremony in Sydney led by new Chief Executive Officer Naomi James and Chief Financial Officer Matthew Prior – both Australians.

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Ian Horswill

Community Living

“Way to Live”: Lifestyle Communities launches rebrand amid $195M loss and legal turmoil

Embattled Victorian land lease operator Lifestyle Communities is trying to rebuild its image with a sweeping new national rebrand, just months after posting a $195.3 million operating loss for FY25.

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Ian Horswill

Retirement and Community Living

Second StewartBrown Retirement Living Performance Survey launched with dashboard reporting tools

A large proportion of Not-for-Profit providers participated in the FY24 Survey to benchmark their own financial performance, enhance their reporting capabilities and support their strategic planning as they continue evolving to meet the needs of an...

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Ian Horswill

Aged Care

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Sector Moves & People

Treasure Jennings appointed Aged Care Complaints Commissioner

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Caroline Egan

16 hours ago

Government Policy

Aged care assessments like a “lottery” with Department forced to reallocate referrals

The Department of Health, Disability, and Aged Care has intervened in redirecting delayed aged care assessments to organisations that have “greater capacity”, following reports 120,000 older Australians are on the waiting list to be assessed.

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Caroline Egan

21 hours ago

Development

Opal HealthCare to start construction on co-located Clayfield Terrace Care Community, Brisbane

Australia’s largest aged care provider Opal HealthCare has announced it will begin construction on the 133-bed Clayfield Terrace Care Community aged care home adjacent to Aveo’s Clayfield Retirement Living village in Brisbane, next year.

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Caroline Egan

23 hours ago

Funding

21 aged care homes’ worth of hospital patients stuck waiting for discharge

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Caroline Egan

08 Oct 2025

Opinion

Is prevention – and Hospital in the Home – the only cure for an ailing health system?

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Lauren Broomham

21 hours ago

Aged Care

Residential aged care use growing more rapidly than home care: regulator

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Caroline Egan

08 Oct 2025

Aged Care

Just 54% of metro aged care homes meet care minute targets ahead of penalties

Just over half of metropolitan aged care homes are meeting both of the Australian Government’s mandatory care minute targets, despite financial penalties set to begin in less than six months.

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Caroline Egan

08 Oct 2025

Aged Care

Nurses’ union challenges Opal HealthCare on reporting of care minutes

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Caroline Egan

08 Oct 2025

Aged Care

Westpac Leading Conversations: do aged care operators have the ambition to drive change?

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Caroline Egan

21 hours ago

Home Care

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Sector Moves & People

Treasure Jennings appointed Aged Care Complaints Commissioner

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Caroline Egan

16 hours ago

Opinion

Is prevention – and Hospital in the Home – the only cure for an ailing health system?

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Lauren Broomham

21 hours ago

Home Care

Countdown to 1 November: renewing care plans for 25,000 Australian Unity clients a 90,000-hour task

With three weeks until the new Aged Care Act takes effect on 1 November, Australian Unity’s forecast it will take 90,000 hours additional hours of work to regenerate all 25,000 home care client contracts and care plans, and explain the changes to consumers, still holds.

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Caroline Egan

22 hours ago

Saturday

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DIGITAL EDITION

Saturday

Issue 108 | Why For Purpose is building when others won’t

Issue 107 | The private aged care takeover begins

Issue 106: Is BaptistCare writing the roadmap for Not For Profit consolidation?

Issue 105: Dementia innovator’s new direction

Issue 104 | Simon Owen - The winning formula

Issue 103 | Tough but fair: The 2025 Mid-Year Review

Issue 102 | Do you care? 130,000 begging for home care and waiting 17-plus months

Issue 101 | Plan T: Transform or collapse

Issue 100 | Plan T: Transforming the ageing journey

Issue 99 | The fight to save regional aged care

Issue 98 | The $150 billion shift: why assisted living is back

Issue 97 | Fixing aged care: providers leading the way

Lauren Broomham

24 Apr 2025

Conversation at the Wharf

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Partnering With Westpac

January–June 2025 Aged Care & Retirement Living Sector Review: Key Developments, M&A Activity, and Emerging Trends

Introduction Australia’s aged care and retirement living sectors experienced significant transformation in the first half of 2025, driven by landmark Government reforms, increased regulatory scrutiny, and strong market activity, including mergers...

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Lauren Broomham

Partnering With Westpac

Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf: industry leaders share vision for the future of care in retirement living

Three leading operators in the over 50s retirement living market have spoken about where the sector is heading at the latest Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf held in Fortitude Valley, Brisbane. The event featured: Glen Brown, Co-Founder...

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Ian Horswill

Retirement and Community Living

Westpac Leading Conversations: Will Baby Boomers pay for additional village care beyond Home Care Packages?

The third video from the Westpac/DCM Group lunch in Adelaide gives great insight into where retirement living is heading as the need for care services in retirement villages rises. The question: Will Baby Boomers pay for additional village care...

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Ian Horswill

Partnering With Westpac

“Are you going to increase your village staffing, with the emphasis on care?” Westpac Leading Conversations in Adelaide

DCM Group CEO Chris Baynes at the latest Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf in Adelaide asked “Are you planning to increase your village staffing?” David Moran, CEO of Southern Cross Care SA, NT & VIC; Jenny Hall, CEO of Uniting S...

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Ian Horswill

Spotlight Sponsored Content

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Spotlight

They say quality is never an accident – it’s a habit.

By Daniel Gannon In Australia’s retirement living sector, we want to see quality all-round, all the time, in all villages, across all jurisdictions, and our goal is very much intentional We know quality equates to happier, healthier communities...

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DIGITAL EDITION

SATURDAY Issue 72

Risky business: the challenge of dementia in the retirement village

With an increasing number of retirement village residents living with some form of cognitive impairment – and few avenues for operators to move them to higher-level care – how can village operators protect themselves and their communities? With...

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Lauren Broomham

DIGITAL EDITION

SATURDAY Issue 71

Does this look like an aged care facility to you? Why this provider wants more people living with dementia to stay at home

With people living with dementia for an average of 10 to 12 years, more Australians than ever are living with dementia at home – is it time for a rethink of the ageing journey? People living with dementia can live well at home, but it requires...

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Lauren Broomham

DIGITAL EDITION

SATURDAY Issue 70

From the top down: why dementia is now core business for village operator Keyton

The math doesn’t lie. Retirement villages are seeing an increase in the number of residents living with dementia – so how can operators get on the front foot? With the average age of retirement village residents now 81, and one in three...

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Lauren Broomham

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Development

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Development

Opal HealthCare to start construction on co-located Clayfield Terrace Care Community, Brisbane

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Caroline Egan

Development

First homes near lock-up at Halcyon Gables – Stockland’s first land lease community in NSW

The first homes in Stage One of Stockland Halcyon Gables, the developer’s first land lease community in New South Wales, are approaching lock-up as construction accelerates within the Gables masterplanned community in Sydney’s Hills Shire, 52km northwest of the CBD.

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Ian Horswill

Legal Issues

Land lease community and hospital plan in QLD’s Agnes Water heads to court after council refuses extension

Plans for a major land lease community and hospital in Agnes Water, Central Queensland, are now before the Planning and Environment Court after Gladstone Regional Council refused to extend the project’s development approval.

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Ian Horswill

Development

New 121-home relocatable park adds to retirement living boom in Toowoomba

Toowoomba’s status as one of Queensland’s major retirement living hotspots continues to grow, with a new 121-dwelling relocatable home park proposed for the city’s southwest.

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Ian Horswill

Government

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Government Policy

Aged care assessments like a “lottery” with Department forced to reallocate referrals

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Caroline Egan

Aged Care

Disability SA Northgate aged care home rated 5 Stars for compliance despite being monitored over misuse of physical restraints

Disability SA Northgate,. an aged care home in northeast Adelaide, operated by the South Australian Department of Human Services, has been placed under heightened supervision after an inspection in May 2025 identified issues related to the service’s continued misuse of restrictive practices.

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Caroline Egan

Funding

21 aged care homes’ worth of hospital patients stuck waiting for discharge

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Caroline Egan

Opinion

Is prevention – and Hospital in the Home – the only cure for an ailing health system?

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Lauren Broomham

Aged Care

Residential aged care use growing more rapidly than home care: regulator

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Caroline Egan

Government Policy

Trickle of Home Care Packages set to become a flood with only weeks to 1 November 2025

The Federal Government is set to release more than 3,000 Home Care Packages a week over the next three weeks as it fulfils its promise to release 20,000 Packages by 1 November.

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Caroline Egan

Home Care

“Not a single additional Home Care Package has entered the system”: Senate Inquiry slams delays

Deep in the Report on the Senate Inquiry into Aged Care Service Delivery, released on Wednesday, is a startling revelation. “It is completely unacceptable that at the time of writing this report, and more than three weeks after the Government...

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Caroline Egan

Government Policy

Aged Care Accommodation Pricing Review announced

At the Ageing Australia conference on Tuesday, Aged Care and Seniors Minister Sam Rae revealed policy expert Nigel Ray PSM and academic Associate Professor Nicole Sutton will lead the residential Aged Care Accommodation Pricing Review, a recommendation of the Aged Care Taskforce.

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Caroline Egan

Government Policy

National aged care worker registration scheme inching forward

The Australian Government has released a summary of its consultation on a national registration scheme for personal care workers, a recommendation of the Aged Care Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.

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Caroline Egan

Housing News

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International

US manufactured home sector tipped to hit US$18.9B by 2030 – Australia’s land lease market not far behind

Australia’s land lease community sector was valued at $13.5 billion in 2024 – and now its US equivalent, the manufactured homes market, is forecast to grow from US$13.74 billion in 2025 to US$18.92 billion by 2030.

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Ian Horswill

Sector Moves & People

Australian Community Housing names Mark Degotardi as inaugural CEO

Australian Community Housing (ACH) – formed in 2025 through the merger of Australian Community Housing Infrastructure and PowerHousing Australia – has appointed Mark Degotardi as its first Chief Executive Officer.

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Ian Horswill

Housing News

RAAFA WA to build Andrew Russell Veteran Living in Perth after funding secured

Construction is now underway on a dedicated facility to temporarily house veterans at risk of homelessness, following a sod-turning ceremony in Cannington, Perth’s southern suburbs.

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Ian Horswill

Housing News

SA Govt ramps up housing for vulnerable older women

South Australia’s Department for Housing and Urban Development is investing in more housing options for vulnerable older women, with three significant projects underway or recently completed in Adelaide.

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Ian Horswill

Community Living

Bendigo seniors’ housing rebuild kicks off with VIC Govt funding

Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan has marked the start of construction on VincentCare Community Housing’s seniors’ living redevelopment in Bendigo, part of the State Government’s Big Housing Build and Regional Housing Fund.

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Ian Horswill

Housing

Build to Rent booms on Govt largesse, while retirement living left behind

Retirement villages remain “all intent and purposes” full – yet the sector continues to face massive hurdles with redevelopment and access to land for new projects.

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Ian Horswill

Housing News

Aspen smashes FY25 guidance

Aspen Group, led by Joint Chief Executives John Carter and David Dixon, has once again proved itself to be the unassuming hero of affordable housing.

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Ian Horswill

Housing

Summerhill Village in West Footscray, Melbourne, for women over 55, opens

Summerhill Village is an innovative, purpose-built social housing project designed for older women to live independently and age in place while enjoying the benefits of community living. Jointly owned by Not For Profit United Housing Co-operative...

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Ian Horswill

Housing

Juniper drives 2,500km solution: modular homes for aged care staff in the Kimberley

A convoy of trucks rolled into Fitzroy Crossing on Sunday, 10 August, carrying long-awaited modular homes that will provide accommodation for staff at Juniper’s Guwardi Ngadu Residential Aged Care Home.

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Caroline Egan

Housing News

Uniting NSW.ACT secures $1.75M grant for social housing energy upgrades

Uniting NSW.ACT has received $1.75 million from the Australian and NSW Governments to deliver energy-efficient upgrades – including hot water heat pumps, reverse-cycle air conditioners and solar panels – across 300 of its community housing units.

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Ian Horswill

Sector Moves & People

Catholic Health Australia CEO Jason Kara resigns

After two years leading the peak advocacy body for Australia’s largest non-government group of health, aged and community care services, Jason Kara has announced his resignation.

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Ian Horswill

Housing

Older women targeted for affordable housing plan in Melbourne’s southeast

Community Housing Ltd has proposed a 13-storey apartment tower in Dandenong, 29km southeast of Melbourne’s CBD, offering 86 homes for vulnerable groups. The application, prepared by Squareback Planning and designed by Cera Stribley, for a Ministerial Permit states the proposed development would target older women experiencing homelessness, veterans at risk of homelessness, victims of family and domestic violence, and frontline workers employed locally.

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Ian Horswill

Opinion

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Opinion

Is prevention – and Hospital in the Home – the only cure for an ailing health system?

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Lauren Broomham

Opinion

These new retirement villages show providing care is here and now

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Ian Horswill

Opinion

Operators must have courage – don’t wait for accommodation review

The review into residential aged care accommodation pricing.announced by Aged Care and Seniors Minister Sam Rae is welcome but operators already have levers they aren’t pulling. Since 1 January 2025, providers have had the ability to raise Refundable Accommodation Deposits (RADs) to $750,000.

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Lauren Broomham

Opinion

New retirement report’s golden nugget for village operators is on the final page

There is one sentence on Page 15 of the Downsizing Australia report by ASX-listed land lease community operator GemLife and the leading property website realestate.com.au that should be read by all operators: “For downsizers, the home itself must feel like an upgrade, not a compromise,?”

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Ian Horswill

Opinion

AN-ACC funding clawback kills investor confidence – and beds

I warned of serious consequences from the Government’s decision to claw back AN-ACC funding. This week, the fallout is plain: investor confidence has been smashed, and the promise of new aged care beds is evaporating before our eyes. Regis’ shock earnings downgrade on Monday tells the story.

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Lauren Broomham

Funding

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Funding

21 aged care homes’ worth of hospital patients stuck waiting for discharge

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Caroline Egan

Aged Care

Govt forecasts 4,000 new beds for 2026-27 but will AN-ACC funding drive new builds?

The Federal Government is forecasting 4,000 new residential aged care beds to come online in 2026-27, but questions remain whether the sector can keep pace with demand as Australia’s over-85 population surges. A spokesperson for the Department of...

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Lauren Broomham

Government Policy

StewartBrown: factor care margins into AN-ACC funding

StewartBrown’s latest analysis of the AN-ACC funding decision has delivered a clear warning: the increase is too low to cover ordinary cost rises and wages, with direct care margins expected to fall further. Historically, those care margins have been used to cross-subsidise losses in accommodation and hotel services. With that buffer narrowing, StewartBrown argues the time has come for the sector to push for margins to be explicitly factored into care funding.

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Caroline Egan

Sector Moves & People

Vale Rupert Smoker, Founder and CEO of Evolution Trustees

Aspen Group has announced the “sudden and unexpected passing” of Rupert Smoker, Founder, Managing Director and CEO of Evolution Trustees, on Thursday 18 September.

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Ian Horswill

Housing News

Uniting NSW.ACT secures $1.75M grant for social housing energy upgrades

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Ian Horswill

Government Policy

18,650 social and affordable homes funded as 370 homes repurposed

The Australian Government’s flagship Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) has agreed to fund 9,284 social and 9,366 affordable homes through 279 successful projects under the first two funding rounds of the HAFF and National Housing Accord Facility...

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Ian Horswill

Funding

Aspen Group aimed to raise $4M – but could have taken $18M

The ASX-listed affordable accommodation provider, which has 10 active projects, announced a Security Purchase Plan (SPP) on Wednesday, 28 May, offering existing investors the opportunity to acquire up to $30,000 in Aspen Group securities without...

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Ian Horswill

Funding

Land lease operator GemLife’s IPO to surpass Virgin Australia, with 3 July listing confirmed

Adrian Puljich, his father Peter and Singapore diversified company Thakral Corporation opened talks on the possibilility of becoming a publicly listed business in April. A prospectus for the float will be lodged with the Australian Securities and...

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Ian Horswill

Aged Care

“Burdensome and underfunded”: aged care sector tells IHACPA what they think of AN-ACC cost collection

The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has released a 46-page report outlining the feedback received from the sector in the latest round of consultations on their pricing methodology. IHACPA received submissions from...

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Caroline Egan

Funding

Aspen Group raises $70M, launches bid for additional $4M in capital raise

The ASX-listed affordable accommodation provider – known for owning all its properties and projects – announced a Security Purchase Plan (SPP) on Wednesday (28 May), offering existing investors the opportunity to acquire up to $30,000 in Aspen securities without incurring broker fees, commissions, or other transaction costs.

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Ian Horswill

Funding

Aspen touts 20% return on invested capital at property investor event

The ASX-listed affordable housing provider has revealed strong performance metrics, highlighting a 20% return on invested capital across its portfolio of more than 1,500 sites in 10 communities. Speaking at Barrenjoey’s Emerging Property Companies...

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Lauren Broomham

Funding

Mareeba Community Housing Co granted extension to management of Community Housing for Seniors

The community at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland has more than 300 locals, including seniors, currently vulnerable to homelessness. Mareeba Community Housing Company (MCHC), which was given a three-year extension to its...

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Ian Horswill

News & Headlines

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Retirement and Community Living

Village sector only stronger 12 months after ABC 7.30’s Retirement Rip-Off story: RLC

Retirement Living Council Executive Director Daniel Gannon, who was interrupted 78 times after agreeing to talk to ABC 7.30 reporter Adele Ferguson 12 months ago, said “Rather than retreat, the Retirement Living Council tackled fiction with facts - and trhe industry stood united.“

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Ian Horswill

Home Care

ABC 7.30 hones in on higher home care fees under Support at Home

The ABC’s 7.30 program has put the spotlight on increased consumer contributions under the Government’s new Support at Home scheme, set to begin 1 November 2025. As The Weekly SOURCE reported in SATURDAY back in July, from 1 November 2025, clients approved for Home Care Packages after 12 September 2024 will be required to contribute up to 15% of their service costs. That co-payment could mean $70 to $210 per week for basics like showering or domestic help.

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Caroline Egan

Legal Issues

Heritage Care found not guilty over deadly COVID-19 outbreak in 2020

A jury has found Victorian aged care provider Heritage Care did not breach the state’s Occupational Health and Safety laws by not properly training staff to use personal protective equipment (PPE) before a deadly COVID-19 outbreak.

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Caroline Egan

In the Headlines

Lifestyle Communities sells Ocean Grove land to pay down debt

ASX-listed land lease operator Lifestyle Communities has finalised the first of four land sales as part of a $114 million divestment program to cut debt.

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Ian Horswill

News & Headlines

SATURDAY is your water cooler talking point: Odyssey’s new direction

When Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities began planning its $150 million Chevron Island project, it leaned on trusted tier-one contractors. For its future pipeline, the operator is taking a new path. CEO Aaron Lavell talks exclusively to SATURDAY...

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Ian Horswill

In the Headlines

Macquarie-backed Millbray enters land lease market with $2.9B fund and 5,000-home target

Macquarie Asset Management has officially unveiled Millbray, a new vertically integrated land lease communities group, with plans to deliver at least 5,000 homes along Australia’s eastern seaboard.

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Ian Horswill

Government Policy

Government confirms AN-ACC price rise and 42% hotelling supplement boost

The Albanese Government has confirmed new funding increases for residential aged care from next month – including a significant 42% jump in the hotelling supplement. From 1 October 2025, the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC)...

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Lauren Broomham

Health

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Funding

21 aged care homes’ worth of hospital patients stuck waiting for discharge

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Caroline Egan

Technology

The Pure Food Co launches internationally-inspired specialised texture modified meals for aged care

With new aged care quality standards set to force operators to provide greater choice at meal times, the nutrition technology innovator has launched a range of internationally-inspired specialised meals to give every resident a taste of home. The...

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Ian Horswill

Ageing

SATURDAY sounds the alarm: Dementia is ‘galloping’ through retirement villages

Dementia rates in villages are climbing fast – but with limited staff, legal barriers to moving residents, and no clear safety net, operators risk being caught off guard. Where are the biggest risks – and what’s being tried to fix them? Find out in this week’s SATURDAY, our premium digital magazine.

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Lauren Broomham

Technology

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Opinion

Is prevention – and Hospital in the Home – the only cure for an ailing health system?

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Lauren Broomham

Mergers & Acquisitions

Accel-KKR snaps up MOA in its second aged care tech buy

US private equity giant Accel-KKR has sealed its second big play in Australia’s aged care software market, acquiring quality improvement platform MOA in a deal that could reshape the technology landscape. It follows Accel-KKR’s June purchase of Health Metrics.

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Lauren Broomham

Technology

Keyton renews contract with Excite Technology for $2.1M

The leading retirement village operator, owned by Aware Super (49.9%), APG Asset Management (25%) and Lendlease (25.1%), has renewed its contract with the ASX-listed technology provider. Excite Technology Services Limited said the $2.14 million...

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Ian Horswill

Technology

Australian aged care robot developer Andromeda secures $23M US boost

Andromeda, the Sydney-based startup behind the Abi companion robot, has landed $23 million in US funding – lifting its valuation to around $100 million.

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Caroline Egan

Mergers & Acquisitions

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Bain Capital assesses what’s best for fattened Estia Health 23 months after $838M buy

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Ian Horswill

Mergers & Acquisitions

Hall & Prior acquires Lake Cathie Manor for 15th aged care home in NSW

Hall & Prior has added another home to its growing New South Wales portfolio, acquiring Lake Cathie Manor, a 129-bed aged care home on the state’s Mid North Coast that only opened last year.

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Caroline Egan

Sector Moves & People

Seniors living consultancy Ethos Urban rebrands as Colliers Urban Planning

Ethos Urban, one of Australia’s leading planning and urban development consultancies with a strong footprint in seniors housing, has taken on a new identity as Colliers Urban Planning.

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Ian Horswill

Mergers & Acquisitions

Eureka’s all-age rental model expands into WA with $22.5M buy

Eureka Group Holdings has made its biggest move since Simon Owen took the helm, paying $22.5 million for Hillside Garden Village in Mount Richon, 30km southeast of Perth’s CBD.

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Ian Horswill

Redevelopments

Anglicare to bring aged care home in Sydney’s northwest back to life

Not For Profit faith-based operator Anglicare Sydney today announced it has signed a lease for the former Wesley Rayward site in Carlingford, 22km northwest of Sydney’s CBD, which will be recommissioned and is expected to welcome new residents into 74 rooms in 2026.

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Ian Horswill

Mergers & Acquisitions

Roshana Care Group acquires closed aged care home in regional NSW

Perth-based aged care operator Roshana Care Group will reopen Rosedurnate Aged Care, in Parkes, a town 355km west of Sydney, which The Salvation Army closed in 2024. The 70-bed home will be refurbished before reopening in the first quarter of 2026. Parkes Mayor Neil Westcott said “wonderful news”.

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Caroline Egan

Mergers & Acquisitions

Accel-KKR snaps up MOA in its second aged care tech buy

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Lauren Broomham

Mergers & Acquisitions

Aspen bets on SA growth with new 200-home land lease project

Aspen Group has struck a $14.1 million deal to acquire the remaining stages of the Wallaroo Shores master planned community in South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula – with plans to deliver 200 lifestyle land lease homes alongside build-to-rent, townhouses, and a commercial precinct.

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Ian Horswill

The Economy

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Government Policy

“Development pipeline across sector not going to be sufficient for ageing population”

“The development pipeline across the industry is not going to be sufficient for the ageing population,” Tony told the Property Council

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Ian Horswill

Aged Care

Opinion: the next aged care crisis is here

Read more about Australia’s ‘true’ occupancy rate – and the consolidation taking place in the residential care sector in SATURDAY – subscribe here

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Lauren Broomham

Development

Only in SATURDAY – the real reason aged care beds are hard to find

The Department of Health and Aged Care puts occupancy at 86.2%. Our investigations differ To find out why, subscribe to our premium digital magazine SATURDAY HERE

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Caroline Egan

Home Care

Fiji PM hints at reducing PALM worker numbers

The Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka, has indicated that the number of unskilled or semi-skilled workers that come to Australia through the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme could be cut, which could limit an important source of...

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Caroline Egan

Community Living

New Zealand needs more retirement villages to meet the demand

A new report by real estate firm JLL on the sector across the Tasman Sea has found demand for places is outstripping supply. A total of 36 new villages were added to the development pipeline last year with 452 villages currently providing homes for...

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Ian Horswill

The Weekly SOURCE

Will retirement living operators heed the call in Western Australia?

The state government has said it seeks to collaborate with the property and construction industry to “increase the supply and diversity of social housing”. The Department of Communities states it is particularly interested in submissions that...

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Ian Horswill

Aged Care

IHACPA releases Consultation Paper for aged care funding in 2024–25

The Independent Hospital and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has released its Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Residential Aged Care Services 2024–25 and asking for submissions from relevant stakeholders. The report...

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Caroline Egan

The Economy

ONLY IN SATURDAY: Aveo Group CEO on making serviced apartments profitable

Serviced apartments, or assisted living options in retirement villages, have been a challenge for the retirement living sector. Ageing village serviced apartments with relatively high weekly fees to cover the mandated meals and other services are...

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Caroline Egan

DCM Research

DCM Institute survey: How long Village Managers think they will stay in the role

The DCM Institute survey of 186 retirement village and community managers across Australia asked how long Village Managers intend to stay in the role and why they intend to leave. The survey found that 78% of Village Managers were generally...

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Section Editor

Topic - Aged Care

Anglicare Sydney pledges to reimburse study debt after one year’s service

Anglicare Sydney has launched a new program to support nurses – it will pay off student debt for employee nurses after one year of study. The new program already has more than 100 interested trainee nurses. Anglicare Sydney’s Chief Executive...

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Section Editor

Topic - Aged Care

Even with 15% pay rise, aged care staff are still earning less than their public hospital colleagues

Even after the 15% pay rise, entry level Registered Nurses working in aged care on the Award will still be earning 17% less than their public hospital counterparts. Data provided by the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation (ANMF) shows that...

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Section Editor

Topic - Aged Care

15% wage rise won’t deliver financial sustainability to aged care sector: StewartBrown

The aged care accounting firm has released its analysis of the Government’s funding for a 15% wage increase for aged care workers in the Budget – concluding that the extra funding will fail to deliver the financial sustainability that the sector...

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International

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Retirement and Community Living

Summerset Group starts construction on fourth Australian village as it breaks sales record again

The New Zealand-based retirement village operator is reaping the rewards of introducing upfront payments for its care suites, reporting record sales in the second quarter of the year.

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Ian Horswill

International

US manufactured home sector tipped to hit US$18.9B by 2030 – Australia’s land lease market not far behind

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Ian Horswill

International

Ryman Healthcare to dual list on ASX this week

Ryman Healthcare, New Zealand’s largest retirement living provider, will join the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Wednesday, 1 October, as part of a dual listing to broaden its investor base.

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Ian Horswill

Mergers & Acquisitions

Brookfield offloads Aveo, targets US$10B American seniors housing giant

Fresh from selling Aveo for $3.85 billion, Brookfield Asset Management is looking to spend more than US$10 billion (A$15 billion) acquiring Yes! Communities, a major US manufactured home operator owned by Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC.

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Ian Horswill

International

EQT’s Metlifecare lifts profit 25% on record sales

New Zealand retirement village operator Metlifecare – owned by Swedish investment giant EQT – has posted a 25% rise in annual profit and record sales for FY25, as demand for village housing and care continues to accelerate.

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Ian Horswill

International

10 seniors killed in deadliest fire in Massachusetts in over 40 years

Ten elderly people have died from a fire that sewpt through an assisted living home Gabriel House in Fall River, Massachusetts, with many residents in wheelchairs or wearing oxygen tanks. It was the deadliest fire in the state since 1984

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Ian Horswill

International

Macquarie to launch $5B senior housing platform - in the US

Sydney-based Macquarie Asset Management is launching a dedicated senior hiousing platform across the Pacific Ocean. It has linked with Chicage-based Health Wave Partners, a boutique investment firm specialising in high-quality senior housing across...

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Ian Horswill

International

NZ retirement villages take more than 20 years to turn a profit: Grant Thornton

Retirement villages in New Zealand can take more than two decades to become profitable, according to a new study from auditor and advisory firm Grant Thornton. The report, The Path to Profitability, found the average retirement village reaches...

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Ian Horswill