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Lutheran Homes Barossa appoint Michelle Schupelius its new CEO

Michelle, who is a board member of South Australia’s Aged Care Industry Association and Secreteriat Support, Healthy Ageing Faculty, Australian College of Nursing (ACN), lives locally with her family in the town of Kapunda, near the Baross...

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Ian Horswill

3 hours ago

Development

For Purpose Aged Care Australia’s Romsey home in VIC opens with 100 on the waiting list

The 125-bed Romsey Community Aged Care home, located 15km north of Melbourne, accepted its first 15 residents on 31 March 2025 and held an open day attracting 500.

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Caroline Egan

03 Apr 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Hall & Prior finally takes ownership of troubled Kiama Council aged care home

Family owned Hall & Prior took over ownerships of Blue Haven Bonaira Residential Aged Care Home on 1 April 2025, with CEO Hall & Prior Graeme Prior announcing improvements to ILU bathrooms and the historic on-cite cafe Barroul House.

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Caroline Egan

03 Apr 2025

Technology

100-year-old Joe receives care at home. Can we make this the rule not the exception?

Emma Cornwell, Executive GM Health Services with Australian Unity, and Bev Smith, Chief Commercial Officer with Amplar Health, told the Leaders Summit how scarce clinical resources can be assisted with virtual care.

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Caroline Egan

03 Apr 2025

Opinion

No winners if there is a race to the bottom on Support at Home prices

Media headlines are calling out the new pricing for home care as “outrageous”, but the reality is home care providers must increase their prices – or face financial oblivion.

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Stuck in limbo: navigating the legal landscape of Support at Home

With just 63 business days until the new Program is due to begin, home care providers still await critical detail in the new rules, especially around pricing, co-contributions, and communication with clients. Is the sector ready for the fallout?...

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Lauren Broomham

28 Mar 2025

Government Policy

Fair Work Ombudsman investigating 20 aged care providers, home care operators and digital platforms

After recovering $40.5 million for 22,000 underpaid aged care workers last financial year, the Fair Work Ombudsman is investigating 20 aged care providers, with Ombudsman Anna Booth saying, “Hardworking aged-care workers must be paid all that they are owed.“

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Caroline Egan

03 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Why peak body Ageing Australia wants aged care in the Federal Election spotlight

The peak body for aged care providers has called for aged care to remains a national priority in the election campaign and more time to rollout reforms, with CEO Tom Symondson saying, “The current timelines are so tight they border on the impossible.

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Caroline Egan

03 Apr 2025

Aged Care

Exclusive: residential aged care set to return to the red without funding reform, forecasts StewartBrown

Residential aged care is continuing to see an uplift in its financial performance thanks to an increase in AN-ACC funding to meet care minute targets, but this boost is set to decline within 12 months – reducing operator margins – according to the aged care accountants.

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Lauren Broomham

02 Apr 2025

Government

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Legal Issues

Retirement living residents living in Cairns Regional Council face 800% rate increases

The council proposes in the 2025/26 financial year, the minimum general rate for one dwelling would be applied to each unit in a retirement village, as opposed to charging the village as one dwelling as has been the case. Oak Tree Retirement Village...

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Ian Horswill

2 hours ago

Legal Issues

Operators and residents urged to have a say on SA’s proposed regulations for new Retirement Villages (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2024

Stakeholder feedback will help shape the proposed amendments to the state’s Retirement Villages Regulations 2017. Key changes include: Improved transparency in contracts and disclosure statements for prospective residents; Enhanced codes of...

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Ian Horswill

2 hours ago

Legal Issues

ACT workshop: Government requires retirement living operators have elder abuse strategy in place from 27 May

ACT Discrimination, Health Services, Disability and Community Services Commissioner Karen Toohey will be at Goodwin Aged Care Services on Wednesday for the second successive week talking to retirement living operators about the territory’s...

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Ian Horswill

3 hours ago

Home Care

Exclusive: home care service margins need to increase from 13% to 33% to maintain operating surplus, says StewartBrown

Home care operators have seen a marginal improvement in their finances in the December 2024 quarter – but will need to grow their service margins beyond the required service price increases to maintain financial viability under the new Support at Home program, says the latest report from StewartBrown.

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Lauren Broomham

02 Apr 2025

Aged Care

Exclusive: residential aged care set to return to the red without funding reform, forecasts StewartBrown

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Lauren Broomham

02 Apr 2025

Opinion

Political wishlist: Innovation a blueprint for the future with Govt support, says Natasha Chadwick, CEO NewDirection Care

Natasha Chadwick, CEO of NewDirection Care, which developed the innovative MICRO TOWN® model of dementia care in 2017, would like to see the next elected Government fund and promote innovation in aged care and establish an ‘Aged Care Innovations Hub’ where new ideas can be developed.

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Caroline Egan

03 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Aged Care Minister says there is an RN in aged care 99% of the time: what does DOHAC’s data show?

Last week Aged Care Minister Anika Wells repeated the claim there is a registered nurse onsite in aged care more than 99% of the time, but the latest 24/7 RN data paints a more complex picture.

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Caroline Egan

03 Apr 2025

Development

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Development

Campbelltown Catholic Club in Sydney’s southwest has approval for Siquilla Retirement Residences

There will be around 90 apartments and an array of amenities for residents built next door to Macarthur’s premier entertainment, business, leisure and dining destination, 53km southwest of Sydney’s CBD. Siquilla Retirement Residences will be for...

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Ian Horswill

2 hours ago

Development

Lilyponds Holiday Park on Qld’s Sunshine Coast seeks to be Over 50s homes

The owners have applied for a material change of use application to Sunshine Coast Council to replace 45 caravan sites with 36 relocatable homes and four short-term accommodation cabins in Mapleton, a town in the hinterland, 107km north of Brisbane...

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Ian Horswill

3 hours ago

Development

For Purpose Aged Care Australia’s Romsey home in VIC opens with 100 on the waiting list

The 125-bed Romsey Community Aged Care home, located 15km north of Melbourne, accepted its first 15 residents on 31 March 2025 and held an open day attracting 500.

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Caroline Egan

03 Apr 2025

Government Policy

A local government recognising the need for seniors housing

Perth’s largest local government area has 20% of its population over the age of 55. By 2036, the region will need 918 extra aged care beds and 1,300 more retirement village units, the City of Swan states. It decided to act and in 2024 sold Elvire...

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Opinion

Small is good – and faster in retirement living, but what does that say about the future?

Today we cover Mark Bindon and Franco DePasquale announcing their re-entry to the retirement village sector with three separate village projects of around just 25 homes each. Meanwhile Adrian Puljich announced at the LEADERS SUMMIT his new Aliri...

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Chris Baynes

01 Apr 2025

Topic - Housing News

Sydney Anglican Property lodging DAs to renew two sites with housing for women over 55 included

Social and affordable housing is much-needed in Sydney’s southwest and two projects delivering almost 260 such homes have been successful under Round 1 of the Albanese Government’s Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF). However, as the Coalition...

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Development

New Stockland Halcyon land lease community part of latest residential release

Rivermont, a new masterplanned community in Waraba, 49km north of Brisbane’s CBD, will include a Halcyon over 50s community designed specifically for active retirees and rightsizers. Stockland General Manager QLD Development, David Laner, said the...

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Development

Purrkanaitya Aboriginal Elders Village in Bedford Park, SA, building begins after $5.15M grant

The elders’ village in the southern suburb of Adelaide will include 40 culturally appropriate one-bedroom social dwellings, which will include the necessary infrastructure to promote independent living within a community setting for Aboriginal...

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Development

Why Aveo’s The George Retirement Living gets a visit from CEO Tony Randello

The bayside village in Sandringham, 16km south of Melbourne’s CBD, where two-bedroom, two-bathroom homes are for sale for just shy of $1 million, has had its community centre transformed. Aveo has invested $200M+ in recent village upgrades as its...

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Health

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Opinion

LEADERS SUMMIT 2025: ‘wellness’ and reablement should be key to future strategy for sector

Australia is already struggling to meet growing demand for care and support and this will only worsen with the ageing population - the focus must shift to reaching people before they require hospital-level treatment with much of the responsibility falling on aged care and retirement living operators.

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Lauren Broomham

20 Mar 2025

Home Care Delivery

Five Good Friends - revolutionising homecare: a self-service platform that connects people with the best care and health solutions in their community

Live well at home - Life changing care at home and helping people live engaged and successful lives in the homes & communities they love. All of Five Good Friends’ home service tools are available via our mobile app. NDIS approved

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Group Editor

26 Oct 2023

Government Policy

Is this the only way badly needed new aged care beds will be built?

Wollongong Lord Mayor Tania Brown, through council general manager Greg Doyle, has written to NSW Minister for Planning and Public Spaces Paul Scully to consider a scheme to incentivise investment in residential aged care on the NSW South Coast. The...

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Ian Horswill

18 Dec 2024

Mergers & Acquisitions

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Mergers & Acquisitions

‘Affordable’ Aspen Group adds to portfolio with second WA land buy in six weeks

The ASX-listed affordable housing group announced last Wednesday it has entered a conditional contract to buy a new 18ha accommodation complex in Australind, a town 12km northeast of Bunbury’s CBD. Aspen Group, which serves the 40% of Australian...

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Ian Horswill

3 hours ago

Mergers & Acquisitions

AVID Property’s American owner buys AVJennings for $369 million

Real estate giant Proprium Capital Partners and its local development arm, which operates the land lease communities brand Vantage, has bought the business founded by Albert Victor Jennings in Melbourne in 1932. AVJennings was vulnerable, as it had...

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Ian Horswill

3 hours ago

Mergers & Acquisitions

Hall & Prior finally takes ownership of troubled Kiama Council aged care home

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Caroline Egan

03 Apr 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Bids for Brookfield’s retirement village operator Aveo are in

The Canadian multinational investment firm with over US$1 trillion of assets under management placed its retirement village owner/operator up for sale in June last year Bids for Aveo closed on Friday last week, The Australian reported. With a $3...

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Opinion

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Opinion

Political wishlist: Innovation a blueprint for the future with Govt support, says Natasha Chadwick, CEO NewDirection Care

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Caroline Egan

03 Apr 2025

Opinion

No winners if there is a race to the bottom on Support at Home prices

Media headlines are calling out the new pricing for home care as “outrageous”, but the reality is home care providers must increase their prices – or face financial oblivion.

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