Topic - Aged Care

Will new financial transparency laws “bridge the aged care trust deficit”?

Aug 25 2022 Updated May 3, 2023

Section Editor

1 min read

In the latest SATURDAY digital magazine, Tim Hicks, General Manager, Policy and Advocacy at Aged & Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA), is concerned about the “unintended consequences” of requiring aged care providers to submit financial reports to the Department of Health and Aged Care.

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Eureka moves into all-age rental market and promises “multiple” others

The nation’s only pure-play rental village operator this afternoon announced its expansion into all-age rental communities. CEO Simon Owen, who launched all-age rental communtiies when CEO of Ingenia Communities, said the ASX-listed business had...

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Ian Horswill

06 Feb 2025

Opinion

Village operators on alert

The excerpt above from an article that caught my eye on Saturday is telling. There is still a large amount of work required to explain the value proposition, contracts and costs of moving into a retirement village. The writer, retired Professor Ross...

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Ian Horswill

03 Feb 2025

Government Policy

Dept mum on funding aged care nurse pay rise from 1 March

A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Aged Care has told The SOURCE they are still considering the pay rise for aged care nurses taking effect starting 1 March 2025, and further information will be provided “in the near future”.

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Caroline Egan

06 Feb 2025

Opinion

Could Australia really have a ‘de-rationed’ aged care system? The Greens say yes; logic – and fairness – says no

With the Federal Election due to take place by May, the Greens have unveiled their aged care policies. We don’t think they will fly.

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Lauren Broomham

06 Feb 2025

ONLY in SATURDAY: is the ‘traditional’ aged care home on borrowed time? Ian Yates has his say

As the sector grapples with the challenges of raising the capital for expensive new aged care beds, the question of ‘why build new beds at all?’ remains unanswered.

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Alarm bells ringing on care minutes and additional services: Ansell Strategic

The advisory firm is flagging a year of “opportunity and change” ahead for the aged care sector with an increase in transactions tempered by concerns about regulatory reforms.

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1,250 net new aged care beds in 2024: why PEP’s billion-dollar Opal HealthCare deal is ‘rolled gold’

The private equity firm’s agreement to take a 50% stake in Australia’s largest private residential aged care operator is confirmation that the sector is again headed for boom time as demand increasingly exceeds supply. As we report this week...

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Meet the new Chair and members of the National Aged Care Advisory Council

The Government has appointed Professor Sue Gordon, former Research Director at Aged Care Research and Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA), Chair of the National Aged Care Advisory Council (NACAC), and appointed four new members.

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Caroline Egan

2 hours ago