Opinion

Political wishlist: Innovation a blueprint for the future with Govt support, says Natasha Chadwick, CEO NewDirection Care

Natasha Chadwick, CEO of NewDirection Care, which developed the innovative MICRO TOWN® model of dementia care in 2017, would like to see the next elected Government fund and promote innovation in aged care and establish an ‘Aged Care Innovations Hub’ where new ideas can be developed.

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Caroline Egan

03 Apr 2025

Opinion

No winners if there is a race to the bottom on Support at Home prices

Media headlines are calling out the new pricing for home care as “outrageous”, but the reality is home care providers must increase their prices – or face financial oblivion.

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Lauren Broomham

03 Apr 2025

Opinion

Small is good – and faster in retirement living, but what does that say about the future?

Today we cover Mark Bindon and Franco DePasquale announcing their re-entry to the retirement village sector with three separate village projects of around just 25 homes each. Meanwhile Adrian Puljich announced at the LEADERS SUMMIT his new Aliri...

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Chris Baynes

01 Apr 2025

Opinion

Reminder: Labor spruiking $17.7B aged care wage spend is great news – but Coalition put first stake in the ground

One figure from Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ Tuesday Federal Budget stood out to me.

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Lauren Broomham

27 Mar 2025

Opinion

Level the playing field on payroll tax: Homestyle Aged Care CEO Tim Humphries’ political wishlist

If incoming reforms, most based on recommendations of the Aged Care Royal Commission, don’t improve the lives older Australians they should be scrapped, says Tim Humphries, CEO of private aged care provider Homestyle Aged Care.

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Caroline Egan

27 Mar 2025

Chris Baynes

Structural policy, productivity and strategic imperatives to support ageing Australians missing at one minute to midnight

We get it; it’s an election budget, and as Paul Keating used to say, ‘if you are not in power, you have no power’.

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Chris Baynes

26 Mar 2025

Opinion

Fact: the village sector understands retirement accommodation. It is time to shine

NSW Planning has just delivered the “worst-case scenario for the seniors housing industry’ in its Low and Mid-Rise Housing Policy, leaving retirement villages behind as ‘road kill’, according to Ethos Urban. In summary, affordable housing...

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Chris Baynes

25 Mar 2025

Opinion

Seven years since a workforce strategy: Juniper CEO Russell Bricknell’s ‘political wishlist’

Australia needs to find up to 50,000 aged care workers every year to meet demand, says the CEO of the Not For Profit WA aged care provider. “We need a sector-wide, medium-term workforce strategy that addresses supply and demand issues and considers...

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Caroline Egan

20 Mar 2025

Opinion

LEADERS SUMMIT 2025: ‘wellness’ and reablement should be key to future strategy for sector

Australia is already struggling to meet growing demand for care and support and this will only worsen with the ageing population - the focus must shift to reaching people before they require hospital-level treatment with much of the responsibility falling on aged care and retirement living operators.

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Lauren Broomham

20 Mar 2025

Opinion

LEADERS SUMMIT 2025: Sector must take the lead on ageing strategy, warns Chris Baynes

The Government is not equipped to deliver a clear-cut plan to address the doubling of demand over the fixed supply of home care and residential aged care – and the sector will need to fill this leadership gap, the DCM Group CEO has advised over 570 executives at the 2025 LEADERS SUMMIT.

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Lauren Broomham

20 Mar 2025

Opinion

Village operators relying on external Home Care take note: 105 days to new regs

Home Care is about to change significantly. You should know one reason but you are unlikely to know the second. Home Care changes to a new system titled Support at Home (S@H) on 1 July, just 105 days from now, or 71 working days. A lot of the...

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Chris Baynes

17 Mar 2025

Opinion

$93M tied up: proposed liquidity ratios a “handbrake” on aged care and village development

David Moran, CEO Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & Vic), says the proposed standards could add years to new developments.

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Lauren Broomham

13 Mar 2025

Opinion

Home care reforms may drive older Australians away from essential services: Chris Mamarelis, Whiddon CEO’s ‘political wishlist’

Recent funding reforms to Australia’s aged care system go some way towards progress, but key issues remain unresolved, says Chris Mamarelis, CEO of Not For Profit provider Whiddon.

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Caroline Egan

13 Mar 2025