Topic - Aged Care

Aegis opening 238-bed aged care home in Perth

Feb 03 2021 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Is this Australia’s largest aged care home?

Construction of the family-run operator’s 238-bed, Shoreline aged care home has been completed in North Coogee, 30km southwest of Perth, after 23 months.

Featuring seven wings across three floors, the home’s RADs are priced from $250,000 to $400,000.

Established in 1983, Aegis has over 25 aged care homes in metro Perth with over 2,200 residents.

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Lauren Broomham

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Sector Moves & People

Which aged care provider has been awarded a $136M contract to conduct assessments under new Single Assessment System?

The Department of Health and Aged Care has released details of contracts worth nearly $1.5 billion awarded to operators to conduct aged care assessments under the new Single Assessment System. The largest contract, worth more than $226 million, was...

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Breaking news: Fed Govt slashes $2.5B off aged care with new payments in arrears for residential aged care from 1 July 2026

With the Federal Budget slipping further into deficit over the next four years, the Mid-Year Economic Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) 2024-25 has revealed the Albanese Government is looking to save on spending with aged care is in its sights. Presenting the...

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Lauren Broomham

18 Dec 2024

Sector Moves & People

Two key Dept architects of the aged care reforms are moving to new jobs

Michael Lye, the Deputy Secretary, Ageing and Aged Care, and Nick Morgan, Assistant Secretary, Support at Home Reform, with the Department of Health and Aged Care (DoHAC) have new jobs in the public sector that will shift them away from aged care, only months before significant reforms are scheduled to be implemented.

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Caroline Egan

11 Dec 2024

Will 2025 be the year the village sector realises it is no longer independent living?

Victoria has just released its new retirement village regulations, including for the first time acknowledgement of home care as a village service – operators beware.

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RLC facts win the day in ABC 7.30 driven Council of Australian Governments’ (COAG) review of retirement villages

Last Wednesday (10 December), the meeting of COAG was swayed that the States should stay responsible for retirement villages and new Federal regulations were not required.

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Chris Baynes

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Opinion

Is scale necessary for success in residential aged care? The latest data says yes

The new ‘Australia’s Aged Care Sector: Full-Year Report 2023-24’ has confirmed what many in the sector already knew: big operators are getting bigger – and more efficient. The new 134-page report from the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative...

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Lauren Broomham

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