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Only in SATURDAY: why retirement living is key to ACCPA’s strategy

Oct 22 2024 Updated 14 hours ago

Lauren Broomham

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ACCPA CEO Tom Symondson.: Picture: SATURDAY

Ahead of the Aged and Community Care Providers Association’s National Conference in Adelaide this week, CEO Tom Symondson sat down with DCM Editor Lauren Broomham to discuss the peak body’s plans for the future. Retirement living will play an important role.

“We are the biggest representative group of those services in the country, and we have to turn the attitude around of the community of those service types,” he stated.

Exclusive interview with Tom Symondson in the forthcoming issue of SATURDAY, out Friday (25 October) at 12pm – subscribe here now.

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