Topic - Aged Care

A Current Affair returns to ‘aged care horrors’

Mar 26 2018 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Channel Nine’s A Current Affair is again putting the spotlight on aged care with a report on a Queensland aged care home featuring two anonymous nurses.

They say the facility is “gaming” its funding applications to get more funding from the Federal Government.

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Breaking news: RLC not happy – and secures emergency meeting with federal aged care regulator tomorrow to discuss proposed retirement village liquidity requirements

In a first for the retirement village sector, Retirement Living Council (RLC) representatives will meet with the Federal Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) tomorrow (Thursday 6 March) to urgently counsel them on the impact of proposed federal liquidity requirements on village operators that will potentially stunt the village business model.

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Lauren Broomham

05 Mar 2025

Opinion

Is this the canary in the coal mine for retirement village operators? The future when care crosses independent living

On 18 February, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission quietly released an ‘Exposure Draft’ for the Aged Care Financial and Prudential Standards 2025. In it the Federal Government crossed the line into retirement villages. See the wording...

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Chris Baynes

04 Mar 2025

Sector Moves & People

BaptistCare announce leadership team for new entity after merger finalised

The successful completion of the merger between Baptcare(VIC, TAS, SA), Baptist Care SA and BaptistCare (NSW, ACT, WA) has been announced with the new entity to be known as BaptistCare. “This merger is about much more than pooling resources; it’s...

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Ian Horswill

07 Mar 2025

Government Policy

Always read the fine print: retirement village payments captured under new aged care liquidity ratios

A closer look at the legislation underpinning the Federal Government’s proposed minimum liquidity standards has revealed that aged care providers who also operate independent living units (ILUs) and retirement villages will have to retain 10% of ILU and retirement village refundable amounts under the changes.

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Caroline Egan

27 Feb 2025

Cyclone Alfred landfall now forecast later than previously expected

As more than 1,000 retirement villages, land lease communities and residential aged care homes work tirelessly to prepare for Tropical Cyclone Alfred to make landfall, the Bureau of Meteorology has updated its forecasts for the Category 2 cyclone, now predicting it will reach Moreton Island by 7pm Friday and Brisbane at 7am Saturday, later than previously predicted.

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Australian Unity’s myHomecare acquisition grew revenue 35%: HY25 results

Australian Unity (AU)’s March 2024 acquisition of myHomecare Group helped the company grow revenue by 35% to $1.3 billion in its HY 2024-25 results, while Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation (EBITDA) rose 30% to $58 million...

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Caroline Egan

06 Mar 2025

News & Headlines

Stewart Johnston whose advocacy helped spark the Aged Care Royal Commission jailed

Stewart Johnston was sentenced in the Elizabeth Magistrates Court in Elizabeth, 24km north of Adelaide city centre, last Thursday (27 February), after pleading guilty to a charge of possessing child exploitation material.

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Caroline Egan

06 Mar 2025