Topic - Aged Care

Annette Hili appointed as new GM for Canadian home care technology platform AlayaCare

Feb 03 2020 Updated May 11, 2023

The Weekly Source

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The former BaptistCare NSW Chief Operating Officer will head up the platform’s Australia and New Zealand operations as it expands its market reach to include residential aged care providers.

As we reported here, AlayaCare was founded in 2014 and has 200 home and community care customers across Australia and Canada. The company recently acquired home care software vendor Procura.

Student accommodation operator Scape Australia reportedly keen to buy Aveo’s retirement villages for $3.5bn

The Financial Review, quoting sources, claims four companies want to buy the leading retirement village operator owned by Brookfield, stating the leading student accommodation developer Scape is through to the second round of the possible $3.5...

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Aged care in-home technology: a billion-dollar industry with good reason

Two pieces of news this week have reinforced an argument we’ve been making for some time: technology is the only viable solution to the aged care beds crisis that Australia is currently facing.

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Lauren Broomham

30 Jan 2025

In the Headlines

Calvary Health Care turns retirement village into its first rental village

The Catholic provider’s Sydney Williams retirement village in Doncaster East, 20km east of Melbourne’s CBD, will operate as a seniors’ rental site due to community need as cost-of-living pressures impact seniors. The...

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Ian Horswill

29 Jan 2025

Government Policy

93 organisations funded to become CHSP providers for the first time

The Federal Government’s $100 million Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) Growth Funding 2024-25 grants have been allocated to 133 providers, including home care operator Five Good Friends, dementia specialists HammondCare, and ASX-listed...

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Caroline Egan

29 Jan 2025

Another key driver of aged care reforms promoted within Dept

Fay Flevaras had been appointed Chief Digital Information Officer in the Australian Government Depart of Health and Aged Care after acting in the role of First Assistant Secretary Digital Transformation & Delivery – Aged Care Reform since 2021.

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Aged care in-home technology: a billion-dollar industry with good reason

Two pieces of news this week have reinforced an argument we’ve been making for some time: technology is the only viable solution to the aged care beds crisis that Australia is currently facing.

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Lauren Broomham

30 Jan 2025

Technology

Lifestyle SA Managing Director Stephen Norris invests $2.5M in technology solutions business Talius

Stephen, who is also part owner of Lifestyle SA’s 11 retirement villages in South Australia, said of his strategic investment: “The Aged Care Sector is at a critical juncture and the only path to drive better outcomes for the end client is vi...

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Ian Horswill

27 Jan 2025

Technology

Amplar Home Health launches AI-driven Tissue Analytics platform to improve wound care

The Medibank-owned home care provider Amplar Home Health has introduced the Net Health® Tissue Analytics platform, designed to transform wound care management for Amplar patients.

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Lauren Broomham

15 Jan 2025