Awards

Telstra Health wins second award for aged care risk-identification tool

Australia’s first electronic risk prediction tool for deterioration in aged care residents has won Research Australia’s Digital & Data Health Innovation Award for 2024. The tool uses natural language processing and machine learning to analyse the data and track 36 markers of deterioration.

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Caroline Egan

28 Nov 2024

Awards

Family-owned Pine Needles Village named NSW Land Lease Community of the Year

“Winning this award is a testament to our team’s hard work and commitment to excellence and we are incredibly proud to be recognised,” said the owner Jenny Phillips, who started the over-55s land lease community in Erina, 81km north-northeast...

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Ian Horswill

25 Nov 2024

Awards

Why Keyton’s GRESB sustainability benchmarks are important

For the fifth year running the nation’s leading retirement village operator achieved a 5-star Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), this year for its development portfolio and a 4-star for its existing villages in the non-listed...

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Ian Horswill

18 Nov 2024

Awards

Brightwater Care Group’s only retirement village named Best Retirement Living Operation at 2024 WA Property Awards

Kingsway Court retirement village in Madeley, 20km north of Perth, WA, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary with residents coming together in the newly refurbished clubhouse to toast the past and the future. Positive referrals by residents have...

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Ian Horswill

21 Oct 2024

Awards

Palm Lake Works win Master Builders Association Sunshine Coast awards for fifth successive year

The company, the building team behind all Palm Lake Resort construction projects, won two awards at the recent event. Master Builders Association Sunshine Coast judges named Palm Lake Resort Pelican Waters’ “Cimarron” two-storey display...

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Ian Horswill

01 Oct 2024

Awards

Aveo wins Best Use of Video at 2024 Internal Talent Awards

Its ‘Bring Your Passion to Life’ campaign won the retirement village operator, owned by Brookfield, a national accolade for excellence at the 2024 Internal Talent Awards (ITAs). The ITAs recognise the highest performing recruitment teams across...

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Ian Horswill

16 Sep 2024

Sector Moves & People

John Collyns retires after 17 years as Retirement Villages Association NZ Executive Director

RVA NZ President Graham Wilkinson awarded John life membership after 17 years of leadership of the national industry organisation at its annual conference in Wellington last week. The RVA NZ is internationally regarded as the most effective village...

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Ian Horswill

02 Sep 2024

Redevelopments

Only in SATURDAY: how seven CEOs brought their organisations back from the brink

The introduction of the Australian National Aged Care Classification (AN-ACC) in 2022 was lauded as a gamechanger for the sector – two years on, the reality is very different. While many operators are benefiting from the increasing AN-ACC price...

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Ian Horswill

27 Aug 2024

Awards

The Salvation Army’s Affordable Housing Complex in Chermside, Brisbane, wins Property Council State/Territory Development of the Year award

Built by Total Construction with architects DC8Studio, the three storey, 26 two- and three-bedroom unit Affordable Housing Complex now goes into the Property Council’s National Innovation & Excellence Awards in Sydney next month. Mainly funded...

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Ian Horswill

27 Aug 2024

Awards

Reside Communities’ Esperance retirement village builder wins at Gold Coast Housing & Construction Awards 2024

FDC Construction & Fitout (QLD) won the Community Accommodation for Specialist Disability, Aged Care and Nursing Homes construction title in the Gold Coast Housing & Construction Awards 2024. Reside Communties’ builder won for Esperance...

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Ian Horswill

19 Aug 2024

Awards

Aveo’s innovative Extreme Weather Readiness Program wins award

The pioneering program developed by Australia’s leading retirement living provider last night won Most Original Exercise Program at the Asia Pacific regional finals of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Awards and is now a finalist in the...

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Ian Horswill

14 Aug 2024

Awards

Telstra Health wins impact award for aged care risk-identification tool

Australia’s first electronic screening and risk prediction tool for aged care residents has won Cooperative Research Australia’s ‘Award for Impact’ in recognition of its positive impact on aged care health and safety. The digital tool was...

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Caroline Egan

01 Aug 2024

Awards

Southern Cross Care NSW & ACT’s Grafton aged care home receives Award for Excellence in Regional Development

The redevelopment of St Catherine’s Residential Aged Care home, in Grafton 600km north of Sydney, has been awarded the Urban Development Institute of Australia (UDIA) NSW Award for Excellence in Regional Development. “Living here is like living at...

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Caroline Egan

01 Aug 2024