Retirement and Community Living

Only in SATURDAY: “Village managers are deemed business critical”

Nov 10 2024 Updated November 10, 2024

Ian Horswill

1 min read

The role of the Village Manager is paramount in today’s retirement living landscape.

The issue is covered in depth in the latest SATURDAY subscription magazine. Read it and you will realise your business cannot do without the DCM Institute training program in today’s evolving sector.

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Coalition Senators make 32 recommendations on the Aged Care Bill 2024

After seeking a four-day extension, the Senate Inquiry Report was published on Monday, with the Senate Committee recommending the Aged Care Bill 2024 be passed without amendment.

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Caroline Egan

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Opinion

Is David Di Pilla making a land lease wrap up move on Lifestyle Communities and Ingenia?

Last Thursday David Di Pilla’s HMC Capital notified the ASX it had acquired 2.69% of Lifestyle Communities. It looks like they may also have access to another 4.6%, a total of 7.3%, whilst also owning around 8% of Ingenia. What is his strategy? Di...

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Chris Baynes

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Out of the Ordinary

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Ian Horswill

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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

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East Coast sellouts as VILLAGE SUMMIT 2024 kicks off in Adelaide

Internationally recognised high performance expert and keynote speaker Lisa McInnes-Smith had the audience gripped as DCM Institute’s premier event began in the Crowne Plaza, Adelaide, this morning. High performance is the theme of DCM Instutute’s...

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NSW Asset Management Plan regulation to be simplified: Natasha Mann, Fair Trading Commissioner and Deputy Secretary

It was music to the ears of Retirement Living Council (RLC) Executive Director Daniel Gannon and the President of the Retirement Village Residents Association (RVRA) Craig Bennett present. Natasha told about 200 people present at the NSW Property...

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Ian Horswill

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Community Living

Sector Expert Partners

Register now for the StewartBrown Retirement Living Performance Report

The widely respected aged care benchmarking accountant will now provide an independent survey and report for the retirement living sector advocacy. Operators can join the survey now. This is a significant new initiative in that StewartBrown is the...

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Retirement Living Council to significantly cut price of Code of Conduct subscription to support operator sign up

Executive Director Daniel Gannon said it is time to engage all village operators to participate – it is simply not good enough that less than 40% of retirement villages are subscribers to its Code of Conduct launched six years ago. He states that...

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Ian Horswill

10 Nov 2024