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Aged Care

Only in SATURDAY: Andrew Thorburn’s mission for HammondCare

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Few operators want to tackle the complex end of aged care - but the HammondCare CEO has a plan to meet the growing demand for dementia and palliative care services.

How does he plan to get there? To find out, read Issue 93 of SATURDAY magazine, available tomorrow. Subscribe here.

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Opinion

Scape moving to acquire Aveo is good news – here is why

It was revealed in the Financial Review this week that Australian student accommodation giant Scape is now the exclusive bidder to buy Aveo, for an indicated $3.5B. They will bring fresh thinking to the retirement village sector. Take a step back...

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Chris Baynes
15 Apr 2025
Mergers & Acquisitions

Scape reportedly in exclusive talks to buy retirement village operator Aveo

The student accommodation provider, working with Macquarie Capital and Deutsche Bank on due diligence, is likely to call on the two banks and Scape’s capital partners to buy the $3 billion plus business owned by Brookfield. Brookfield put Aveo up...

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Ian Horswill
15 Apr 2025
Opinion

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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Lauren Broomham
17 Apr 2025
Mergers & Acquisitions

Exclusive: Levande buys four new sites for retirement villages

Levande adds four new sites to its $2B growth plan, including major developments in Sydney, Melbourne, and Geelong.

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Ian Horswill
22 Apr 2025
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Aged care isn’t fixed – so why are we not talking about it?

If you tuned into yesterday’s National Press Club debate between Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, and Shadow Minister, Anne Ruston, hoping for a meaningful discussion on aged care – you would have been sorely disappointed.

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Lauren Broomham
24 Apr 2025
Aged Care

“Impossible targets and no roadmap”: Clarence Village CEO Duncan McKimm calls for aged care policy reset

The CEO of Clarence Village, a stand-alone Not For Profit aged care provider in regional New South Wales, says aged care is being held back by unrealistic staffing mandates, a lack of infrastructure finance, and the absence of a national plan – warning the current system risks leaving 130,000 older Australians without care by 2035.

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Lauren Broomham
24 Apr 2025
Government Policy

Last-minute demand for new CHSP service agreements make 1 July deadline “truly impossible”: Ageing Australia

The aged care peak body Ageing Australia has warned that more than 830,000 older Australians could be left without essential services due to a surprise new requirement under the upcoming Aged Care Act. Under the change, Commonwealth Home Support...

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Lauren Broomham
23 Apr 2025
Government Policy

“Legislated to make a loss”: Resthaven CEO Darren Birbeck calls for urgent action on aged care funding

The CEO of the South Australian Not For Profit has warned the Federal Government that aged care providers are being “legislated to make a loss” under current reforms, in his contribution to The Weekly SOURCE’s political wishlist series ahead of the 3 May Federal Election.

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Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2025
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