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Community Living

Cranbrook Care to focus on retirement living as it quits residential aged care

The Sydney-based private operator, which owns the 50-apartment Cranbrook Residences and the adjacent older Golf Shore Retirement Village in Norwest, 35km northwest of the Sydney CBD, has announced its intention to expand its retirement living business.

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28 Apr 2025

Home Care

What will Support at Home mean for private aged care? Watch LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 videos - now available online

At the recent LEADERS SUMMIT 2025, James Wiltshire, Executive Director of the DCM Institute, asked Aaron Lavell, Director of Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities, and Byron Cannon, CEO of LDK Seniors’ Living, what the incoming Support at Home reforms...

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28 Apr 2025

Aged Care

Anglicare Southern Queensland reveals new branding to take it into the future

Anglicare Southern Queensland, which has 28 aged care homes and 35,000 home care and disability customers, has refreshed its branding with the assistance of creative agency Hero. Chief Client Officer, Chloe Henry, says, “The changes will help enable us to better tell our story and connect with Queenslanders.“

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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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Home Care

$1.3M awarded, $18.7M left untouched: home care sector slams aged care IT grant rollout

Just 119 of Australia’s 1,600 home care providers have received funding under the Federal Government’s Aged Care Act Transition Support 2024–25 grant program, according to data published on GrantConnect.

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Development

Gold Coast site approved for 130-bed aged care home for sale through receivers

The nearly 9,000sqm site in Parkwood, 5km from the heart of the Gold Coast, is owned by SDA Property’s No 4 Pty Ltd, which has gone into administration.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Opal HealthCare acquires Cranbrook Care’s five aged care homes

Australia’s largest residential aged care provider has acquired five aged care homes from private operator Cranbrook Care, located in Kanwal on the NSW Central Coast, and Kellyville, Neutral Bay, Abbotsford and Bella Vista in Sydney.

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Development

NoosaCare tests high-end market with Kabara aged care home expansion, with further plans

Not For Profit aged care operator NoosaCare has opened a six-bed extension and upgrade at its Kabara aged care home in Cooroy, 125km north of Brisbane, with larger rooms with premium outlooks commanding RADs of $830,000, “evidence” to CEO Grant Simpson there is demand for high-end rooms.

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Aged Care

Not For Profit Scalabrini will invest $750,000 in Aged Care Industry Labour Agreements in FY25 as 90 staff become permanent residents

Scalabrini CEO Richard de Haast and members of the board attended an afternoon tea earlier this month as the Not For Profit celebrated more than 70 of its staff becoming permanent residents of Australia, thanks to the Federal Government’s Aged Care Industry Labour Agreements.

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Government Policy

Labor’s $60M promise for NT aged care is not new money for the sector

Last Friday, Minister for Aged Care Anika Wells promised $60 million to build a 120-bed aged care facility in Palmerston, 20km west of the Darwin city centre, with the funding delivered through the Aged Care Capital Assistance Program.

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Government Policy

Nationals leader promises fund with plan to tackle regional aged care workforce shortages

Nationals leader David Littleproud announced if the Coalition comes to power it will form a Regional Australia Future Fund targeting growing the regional aged care workforce, and promised funding for two aged care homes in his Maranoa electorate: $8M for a facility in Winton and $6M to expand a Barcaldine home.

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Technology

Amplar Health signs $1M deal with Visionflex for aged care virtual nursing pilot

The Medibank-owned innovator Amplar Health has signed a deal with ASX-listed telehealth firm Visionflex to provide software and hardware for the virtual nursing trial being conducted across 30 Australian aged care homes, commencing in July 2025 with five sites.

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