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Australia’s residential aged care sector facing “crisis in care availability”: UARC

The latest report from the UTS Ageing Research Collaborative (UARC) has reinforced the challenges facing the sector and Government in meeting the growing demand for new beds and tightening staffing requirements. The 134-page ‘Australia’s Aged...

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Lauren Broomham

18 hours ago

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

18 hours ago

Sector Moves & People

Carrington Care’s Raad Richards announces his retirement

Under Raad’s leadership, the provider has successfully rolled out an assisted living model through its Riverview Assisted Living Apartments (pictured), built in partnership with long-time builder Richard Crookes Constructions, which is set to be...

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Issue 90 | The innovators shaping the sector

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Every village and RAC will need high speed, reliable connectivity to support virtual health and customer expectations

With more older Australians ageing in place at home – and aged care facing continued workforce shortages – high-speed Internet and private 5G networks are essential. Village and aged care operators will need to meet virtual home care, staffing...

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AMPLAR HEALTH: Medibank’s virtual and on location acute care that will dominate home care

With the logistics of providing acute care into the home beyond most home care providers, compounded by increasing shortages in staff, aged care and hospital beds, a small number of national Hospital in the Home providers is emerging as essential...

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Leaders advise retirement villages the new ‘low care’ within five years

With few new aged care beds being built and the age of residents rising, retirement villages are seeing more residents staying put, not able or not wanting to enter residential care. What does this mean for the concept of villages being independent...

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MABLE: winning all the staff – and B2B clients

The new Support at Home program will demand that home care providers have scale and efficiency to deliver quality care and maintain their financial margins. With over 250 partnerships with operators already in place and lower margins, Mable is...

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APOLLO CARE: the ‘war machine’ saving smaller, distressed facilities in regional communities

With few aged care homes being refurbished – and even fewer new aged care beds being built –country Australia is facing a desperate need for homes to stay open and expand to meet growing demand. Much of the challenge to success in regional areas...

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FOR PURPOSE INVESTMENT PARTNERS: raising millions to invest in residential aged care growth

The residential aged care sector has become a ‘no-go zone’ for most investors in recent years as the media scrutiny from the Aged Care Royal Commission and the ongoing financial and regulatory uncertainty drive away logical investors such as the...

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IAGEHEALTH: the virtual nursing solution saving thousands on staffing costs

With aged care short of 4,000 Registered Nurses this year – and this number only set to rise – the lack of clinical care staff is impacting not only quality of care but also providers’ bottom lines, particularly in regional and remote areas...

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RETIREAUSTRALIA: pioneering ‘user pays’ care in retirement villages

With few aged care beds joining the system – and home care delivering just five hours of direct care a week – retirement villages are set to become a ‘safe harbour’ for older Australians seeking care and support – a big problem for village...

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MECWACARE: investing $20 million in digital transformation and generative AI

Three years ago, it emerged that 40% of aged care operators were still relying on paper-based systems. Fast forward and the use of real-time data monitoring and predictive data analytics is still relatively limited – mecwacare is one operator that...

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Lauren Broomham

06 Dec 2024