SATURDAY Issue 70

Editorial: integrated healthcare is the future for home care

With the over-65 population projected to increase by 54% to 6.6 million by 2041, the demand for ageing services is on a steady rise – and Australia is already feeling the pinch. Across the country, operators are reporting full aged care beds...

Is the home care sector set for serious consolidation? Not yet – but it is coming

The largest home care providers in Australia are growing their footprints – coupled with workforce pressures and compliance demands, home care will become increasingly become a playing field for the big players. The acquisition of the sector’s...

Bringing ‘intelligent scale’ to home care: Prue Bowden

With 50,000 home care customers soon to be under her belt, Prue Bowden is guiding Australian Unity towards becoming the country’s leading integrated home health care company. With Australian Unity’s acquisition of myHomecare effectively doubling...

Funding alone will not solve aged care sustainability problems: Catherine Daley

Current models in aged care are unsustainable and inequitable, says the CEO of home care provider integratedliving – could integrating aged care more fully into the healthcare sector be the solution? Australia will not achieve the vision of...

Building a home care powerhouse: Australian Unity’s acquisition of MyHomeCare proves yet again that size matters

In a sector where workforce can make or break a business, home care’s latest deal shows why volume is everything. Australian Unity is set to become Australia’s home care ‘powerhouse’ after taking out the market leader, private operator...

From the top down: why dementia is now core business for village operator Keyton

The math doesn’t lie. Retirement villages are seeing an increase in the number of residents living with dementia – so how can operators get on the front foot? With the average age of retirement village residents now 81, and one in three...

ACH Group the latest operator to look to ‘health and wellbeing hubs’

ACH Group’s recent initiatives have focused on integrating aged care with health services – see its Healthia Precinct which opened last year

Know your game: how this stand-alone residential aged care operator made $2.9 million in the last year

With a lengthy waiting list, St Sergius Aged Care – located in Cabramatta, 30km southwest of the Sydney CBD – is proving that small providers can deliver on both mission and margin – but this success also comes at a cost. Operating as the...

Is this Australia’s most expensive five-star aged care home?

A new aged care home on Sydney’s Lower North Shore is aiming to set a new standard in luxury and design – with a million-dollar price tag to match its harbour views. Billed as a “quality choice in aged care”, Greenwich Place – 7km north of...

Wrap-around healthcare services is the way forward for home care

The organisation also targets consumers through its own Live Well blog and podcasts, which focuses on preventative health measures – for example, this month, its Registered Nurse and Wellness Lead, Fatimah Lesiguez (pictured below with a client)...

Executive spotlight

Over 2,000 operators provide retirement living, support and care to 1.3 million Australians. 360,000 staff and 100,000 suppliers are engaged every day. It’s a $30 billion a year sector delivering vital services for our older citizens. At SATURDAY...

Lauren Broomham

29 Feb 2024