Topic - Aged Care

ONLY IN SATURDAY: Chris Baynes’ explosive column

Feb 22 2023 Updated May 3, 2023

Section Editor

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“Consolidation (of the aged care sector) is inevitable and the last one standing will be big,” DCM Group CEO Chris Baynes writes in the latest SATURDAY digital magazine, as Bolton Clarke becomes the Not for Profit’s largest RAC provider. The cover story is BaptistCare CEO Charles Moore on what being a “Profit for Purpose organisation” really means.

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Exclusive: ACCPA CEO reveals new name for peak body at National Conference

Addressing the audience in Adelaide this morning, CEO Tom Symondson has announced that the Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) wants to take on a new name – Ageing Australia. In an exclusive interview prior to the National...

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Lauren Broomham

24 Oct 2024

Mergers & Acquisitions

In just six weeks as Eureka CEO Simon Owen wants to raise $70M to buy seven retirement communities

The man, who transformed two small village operators into the then $1.65 billion ASX-listed Ingenia Communities, is setting a cracking pace in his new role in charge of Australia’s only pure-play seniors rental business. “I’m excited to announce...

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Ian Horswill

25 Oct 2024

Opinion

No Minister: aged care reforms won’t solve the capital crisis facing the sector

The shortfall in new aged care beds that need to be developed over the next five years was a dominant theme at the Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA)’s National Conference yesterday and there are no easy fixes despite the...

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Lauren Broomham

24 Oct 2024

Government Policy

“A grand bargain”: the sector must raise the bar on aged care quality, Anika Wells tells ACCPA National Conference

The Minister for Aged Care has issued a reminder to aged care providers that the funding delivered under the Royal Commission into Aged Care’s reforms does come with strings attached. Speaking on the topic ‘The Government’s Commitment to...

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Lauren Broomham

24 Oct 2024

Aged care front page of The Australian again

The story on the front page of this morning’s The Australian is bad and good news for the aged care sector. The bad news is that it is confirmation that operators are struggling to be viable, not only financially but operationally. The good news...

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