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Lauren
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DCM Institute: putting trust back in Village Management

Six years ago, the retirement village residents’ associations pinpointed ‘trust’ and communication and respect’ as the biggest challenges facing the relationship between residents, Village Managers and operators. Where does that relationship...

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New and established village and land lease communities are taking up embedded network strategies – why?

Embedded networks are not a new concept for retirement living – but Prospecta Utilities is taking the technology to a new level by opening the door to a suite of financially innovative and sustainable solutions that is winning land lease community and village operators (and residents).

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The two legal problems keeping Village Managers awake at night

The two legal problems keeping Village Managers awake at night The DCM Institute’s legal partners say there are two key issues that Village Managers raise consistently at its DCMI Professional Development Days. The duty of care of retirement...

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Lisa Ciantar is a 10-year veteran village manager; she is also a DCM Institute top scorer in ongoing professional development – ‘it’s business critical’

Lisa has earned over 2,000 Professional Development points, which requires up to 600 hours to achieve. This places Lisa in the DCM Institute Top 50. The days of Village Managers simply being a property manager are over – today’s Village Manager...

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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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Issue 88 | DCM Institute: Striving for excellence

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Lauren Broomham

8 hours ago

Aged Care

Risk of investing in new beds “too large” for smaller providers: Ansell Strategic

Cam Ansell, the advisory firm’s Managing Director, has warned while the Government’s aged care reforms are good news for residential aged care operators, they will fall short on incentivising small and medium-sized providers to build new homes...

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Lauren Broomham

07 Nov 2024

Opinion

No capital, no beds, no care: can Hospital in the Home help fill the gap?

While in Adelaide two weeks ago for the ACCPA National Conference, we took the opportunity to tour SA Health’s My Home Hospital service, which is delivered through a joint venture between Calvary Health Care and Amplar Health. What we saw blew us...

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Lauren Broomham

07 Nov 2024

Community Living

New SATURDAY issue: The two legal problems keeping Village Managers awake at night

At the DCM Institute’s professional development days and its annual VILLAGE SUMMIT, the legal sessions are always among the highest rated and top of the agenda is the risk facing village operators around residents ageing in place. With more...

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Lauren Broomham

04 Nov 2024

Mergers & Acquisitions

Private Torrens Health expands into retirement living in Adelaide with seven NFP villages

The investment business behind nursing staffing agencies including YNA, Alpha Nursing and Human Management & Nursing Services, Torrens Medical and its Hospital in the Home service, has bought Life Care’s seven retirement villages in Adelaide...

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Lauren Broomham

04 Nov 2024

Aged Care

ACCPA calls for six to 12-month transition period for Govt’s aged care reforms

Ahead of the Senate Inquiry report into the Aged Care Bill 2024 being tabled later today (31 October 2024), the Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) is calling for realistic timelines to implement a raft of reforms as part of the...

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Lauren Broomham

31 Oct 2024

Sector Moves & People

Cam Holland joins Amplar Health to lead its GP clinic rollout

Cam joined the executive team at Amplar Health this week as Hub Lead – Primary Care & Investments, working alongside its Chief Commercial Officer, Bev Smith, who came on board in June

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Lauren Broomham

30 Oct 2024

Opinion

“There is no dignity”: there will be more headlines like this about home care

With the waitlist for Home Care Packages jumping by 8,000 people in just four months, the tragic case of Cyril Tooze will be the first of many stories to grab the front page of the news organisations. Last week, The Australian dedicated a large...

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Lauren Broomham

30 Oct 2024