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Lauren
Broomham

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: aged care on a collision course with care minutes

With just 12 months until care minutes are linked with funding, residential aged care providers are facing a lose-lose scenario: lose funding if they understaff but fail to be compensated if they exceed targets, says Shalain Singh, Managing Director and CEO of Arrow Advisory Group.

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The price must be right: preparing for the new financial world of Support at Home

Home care operators are now just 51 business days away from a new program that will require them to toe the line between financial viability and the oversight of the regulator. It is time for blunt reality. From 1 July 2025, home care providers will...

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Issue 96 | Is aged care ‘fixed’?

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Executive spotlight

Over 3,000 operators provide retirement living, aged care and support in the home to more than 1.5 million older Australians. 360,000 staff and 100,000 suppliers are engaged every day. It’s a $30 billion a year sector delivering vital services for...

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“Unacceptable”: the Coalition’s wishlist – fix home care wait list

Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care, Anne Ruston, has named wait times for home care as the Coalition’s No. 1 priority ahead of the Federal Election – but meanwhile neither party has outlined a clear policy direction for the future, beyond...

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Ageing Australia’s test: keeping the political spotlight on aged care

CEO Tom Symondson is leading the aged care peak body to face a three-fold challenge: maintaining the political focus on aged care; meeting operators’ immediate reform and supply issues; and guiding the sector on a new course post-1 July. Three...

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Care minutes: the blunt instrument hammering aged care

Care minutes are slowly strangling the residential aged care sector, both financially and in compliance – on CEOs’ wishlists: an urgent policy review post-Election. With just six months until operators’ data on care minutes will be used to...

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Unions’ aged care fight not over

Once considered a pipe dream, the unions’ fight for a 25% wage increase for aged care workers is now reality – now the Health Services Union has a new strategy. The union is targeting wages for administration and maintenance staff as well as...

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It’s election time. What are CEOs’ Top 5 political priorities? What do they want for the future?

Since January, The Weekly SOURCE has been asking executives across the sector for their political ‘wishlists’ for the next Government – and there was a clear message. Is there a better way? Four years after the Royal Commission handed down its...

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Lauren Broomham

11 Apr 2025

Opinion

Is Trump the golden ticket for aged care?

Hear me out – here’s the thinking. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably seen the headlines: US President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs on imports have rattled global financial markets – Australia included.

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Lauren Broomham

10 Apr 2025

Technology

Altura Learning launches new compact learning modules for aged care staff

As aged care workers face increasing demands on their time, Altura Learning has created a new range of compact learning modules designed to deliver streamlined content to the sector.

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Lauren Broomham

10 Apr 2025

News & Issues

In SATURDAY: what do retirement village residents want from the next Federal Government?

With less than four weeks until the election on 3 May, retirement village residents’ associations are raising concerns over the growing complexity retirees face in navigating the aged care and housing systems. The NSW Retirement Village Residents’...

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Lauren Broomham

08 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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Lauren Broomham

03 Apr 2025