Retirement and Community Living

Mark Prosser launches first Retirement Living stream

Oct 28 2024 Updated October 29, 2024

Chris Baynes

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A one-day program was assembled for the first meeting of ACCPA (pending name change) RL members with over double the planned delegates attending.

Seating was provided for 80 and 164 delegates attended, requiring the room and seating to be expanded.

Speakers included Cathy Hecimovich, CEO of the Ontario Retirement Communities Association; Daniel Aitchison, CEO, Palm Lake Care; Kevin McCretin, Owner, Catalyst Research, and Stuart Nicolson, CEO and Director, One Fell Swoop. All up there were 13 speakers.

Janet Anderson out, new Aged Care Quality and Safety Commissioner in

The inaugural Commissioner of the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission, Janet Anderson PSM, will depart the role next month after six years in favour of a new face.

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Lauren Broomham

13 Dec 2024

Government Policy

Breaking news: Fed Govt slashes $2.5B off aged care with new payments in arrears for residential aged care from 1 July 2026

With the Federal Budget slipping further into deficit over the next four years, the Mid-Year Economic Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) 2024-25 has revealed the Albanese Government is looking to save on spending with aged care is in its sights. Presenting the...

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Lauren Broomham

18 Dec 2024

Opinion

2024 aged care report card: pass for residential care, home care a failure

The final report card for the aged care sector looks very different depending on what services you deliver.

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Lauren Broomham

18 Dec 2024

Opinion

Will 2025 be the year the village sector realises it is no longer independent living?

Victoria has just released its new retirement village regulations, including for the first time acknowledgement of home care as a village service – operators beware.

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Chris Baynes

16 Dec 2024

St Vincent’s Health Australia still determining what data taken by hacker

“We are managing some important network disruptions as part of our remediation works,“ St Vincent’s Health Australia said in its latest statement

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Ian Horswill

10 Jan 2024

The Daily RESOURCE

Aged care homes on Sydney’s Northern Beaches directed to ban visitors after NSW records five new COVID-19 cases – one an aged care worker

NSW has recorded a further five COVID-19 cases overnight after a 45-year-old man was the first confirmed case of community transmission in more than two weeks on Wednesday. NSW Health has confirmed two Northern Beaches residents returned positive...

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The Weekly Source

17 Dec 2020

The Daily RESOURCE

Aged care regulator notches up record 5,500 assessments in September quarter – but most contacts carried out remotely

You can check out the report here

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The Weekly Source

17 Dec 2020

The Daily RESOURCE

Aged Care Minister pledges to release reports into COVID outbreaks at St Basil’s and Heritage Care’s Epping Gardens before Christmas – confirms he wants to stay in portfolio

As we reported here last week, Labor has been pushing the Government to release the independent reports which were completed in November and were due to be released on 30 November (three weeks ago). St. Basil’s Home for the Aged in Fawkner and...

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The Weekly Source

17 Dec 2020