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VIDEO: ‘Retirement village operators are having to provide at least low care’

Jun 17 2024 Updated June 18, 2024

Ian Horswill

1 min read

DCM Group CEO Chris Baynes at the latest Westpac Leading Conversations at the Wharf in Brisbane asked “Are retirement villages becoming the default ‘low care’?” followed by “Is care an expectation in retirement village residents?”

Sean Graham, CEO of Aura Holdings; Jason Eldering, CEO of Southern Cross Care Queensland; Daniel Aitchison (pictured right), CEO of Palm Lake Care; Kaizaad Mehta, National Head of Health, Westpac, and Adam Crombie, Relationship Director, Westpac, gave their views.

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