Home Care

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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Lauren Broomham

11 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Aged Care Minister Anika Wells’ Brisbane 4BC radio interview turned to farce

“The theme of these questions is that the system’s impenetrable,“ said Aged Care Minister Anika Wells in an interview on 4BC radio with Peter Fegan about aged care.

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Caroline Egan

14 hours ago

Home Care

Support at Home reforms must be staged: HammondCare CEO Andrew Thorburn’s ‘political wishlist’

The next Government must move swiftly to address growing concerns and move to a staged implementation of Support at Home reforms, says Andrew Thorburn, CEO of HammondCare.

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Caroline Egan

15 hours ago

Home Care

Another Victorian local council exits home care

West Wimmera Council has announced it will no longer deliver home care services due to the incoming Support at Home reforms, with Mayor Tim Meyer saying, “Council does not have the ability to comply with the new clinical and governance requirements.“

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Caroline Egan

14 hours ago

Aged Care

Only in SATURDAY: after their historic win, what’s next for the unions on aged care?

The unions were successful in their fight for a 25% wage increase for aged care workers – but their fight is not over. What does the Health Services Union have in mind next for aged care? To find out, read SATURDAY.

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Caroline Egan

14 hours ago

Government Policy

What did Grant Corderoy tell LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 about aged care’s future? Presentation videos available online

Grant Corderoy, Senior Partner StewartBrown, said the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s capture of retirement living in planned liquidity ratio is a reflection of the merging of residential aged care and retirement living - “even though it’s not mentioned too much in the Aged Care Act it’s going to be a driver of what happens,“ he said.

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Caroline Egan

14 hours ago

Government Policy

Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission forecasts 400% increase in revenue from aged care registration fees

The ACQSC’s consultation paper, including the proposed fees, is available here

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Caroline Egan

10 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Ageing Australia slams Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s proposed fee hike

Download Ageing Australia’s submission here

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Caroline Egan

10 Apr 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Global asset manager TPG buys majority interest in home care disruptor Five Good Friends

The Brisbane based aged care and disability in-home operator, founded in 2016 by Simon Lockeyer, Nathan Betteridge, Tim Russell and David Waldie, has accepted a substantial investment to keep growing its home care business. San Francisco based TPG...

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Ian Horswill

09 Apr 2025

Home Care

City of Greater Geelong council pauses transferring home care services after widespread protest

A meeting to discuss with workers Geelong City Council’s proposal to exit home care services has been delayed until May following pressure from MPs Christine Couzens, Ella George, Alison Marchant and Gayle Tierney and the Australian Services Union Vic Tas.

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Caroline Egan

10 Apr 2025

Aged Care

Read about it in SATURDAY: Ageing Australia want the Federal Election spotlight on aged care

Three weeks out from the Federal Election, Ageing Australia CEO Tom Symondson has emphasised the aged care sector is not ‘fixed’ as the Labor Government had promised before the 2022 election with more work to be done.

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Caroline Egan

10 Apr 2025

Aged Care

How healthcare and aged care silos will converge within five years: LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 presentations videos are on YouTube

Cam Holland, former Ryan Healthcare Australia CEO and now Hub Lead – Primary Care & Investments with Medibank-owned Amplar, delivered LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 a hopeful future vision of aged care driven by productivity improvements across the whole healthcare sector.

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Caroline Egan

10 Apr 2025

Home Care

Limits on End-of-Life Pathway under Support at Home could leave some without care in final days

Dr Peter Allcroft, Chair of Palliative Care Australia (PCA), has raised concerns about what happens when someone outlives their package under the new Program.

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Caroline Egan

10 Apr 2025