Buying

One bullet hole, extensive damage to aged care room

Feb 09 2016 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Last Tuesday a single bullet travelled through the window of a Bethania (SE QLD) aged care room, missing the 92-year-old male resident. However it did damage his curtains, television, his wardrobe and plasterboard wall. Police are investigating.

It must have been a substantial bullet.

Today, with 78-year-old President Trump in America and 30-something Adrian Puljich and Patrick Abolakian in Australia, each stand out – but we are in better hands

What a day. The US and the world looks to Trump to make America (and the world?) great with his inauguration and his deportation of immigrants. Here in Australia’s seniors living sector, we have two sons of immigrants leading the way to support...

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Chris Baynes

21 Jan 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Student accommodation operator Scape Australia reportedly keen to buy Aveo’s retirement villages for $3.5bn

The Financial Review, quoting sources, claims four companies want to buy the leading retirement village operator owned by Brookfield, stating the leading student accommodation developer Scape is through to the second round of the possible $3.5...

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Ian Horswill

28 Jan 2025

Opinion

Is aged care ‘fixed’? The PM says yes – the numbers say no. We need 4%

New year, same old problem: where will the country find the capital to incentivise development of new beds – before the next wave of Baby Boomers hits? As we report in this issue, the latest StewartBrown Aged Care Performance Survey Analysis...

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Lauren Broomham

23 Jan 2025

Opinion

Aged care in-home technology: a billion-dollar industry with good reason

Two pieces of news this week have reinforced an argument we’ve been making for some time: technology is the only viable solution to the aged care beds crisis that Australia is currently facing.

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Lauren Broomham

30 Jan 2025

Limited advance release for Paul Slijderink’s unique Balinese-inspired Ipswich continuum of care retirement village

32 villas and 14 apartments are now open to expressions of interest for Abadi Gaia retirement village, which will be built in Ipswich, 43km southwest of Brisbane, with construction starting in 2026. “Abadi Gaia will not only deliver the highest...

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Ian Horswill

09 Dec 2024

Buying

Mergers & Acquisitions

Shalain Singh returns to the seniors sector with $585M healthcare hub transaction

The senior adviser has established his own healthcare and real estate firm – Arrow Advisory Group – focused on primary care, medical centres, retirement living, residential aged care and hospitals – and has just completed a major deal...

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Lauren Broomham

28 Nov 2024

Buying

Retirement and Community Living

The regional South Australian retirement village with a waiting list over three times its capacity

Tatiara Retirement Village is a Not for Profit venture in Bordertown, 250km southeast of Adelaide, celebrating its 50th year. Residents moved into the first six single-bedroom units in October 1973. It has been expanding ever since. From 1987 to...

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Ian Horswill

09 Sep 2024

Buying

Phil Usher’s Odyssey announces fourth big site for its innovative private retirement care venture

With the financial muscle of super fund Australian Retirement Trust (created from the merger of Sunsuper and QSuper), Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities has bought a prestigious parcel of land in one of the Gold Coast’s most coveted areas, Cru...

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Ian Horswill

06 Aug 2024