Editorial
Message to retirement village and aged care leaders: “opportunity abounds” …. but beware, “They’re not gonna take it anymore!”
Our job at DCM Media is to be an observer, reporter and commentator on the…
Gold Coast aged care home abandonment labelled ‘simply outrageous’
The emergency evacuation of 70 residents of the high care home following a ‘000’ call…
Earle Haven – is it a retirement village? And what will happen to consumer ‘trust’?
Earle Haven is going to be a significant problem for the retirement village sector because…
Lisa Backhouse calls for criminal penalties for aged care boards (and staff)
The Royal Commission into Aged Care is moving forward with a strategy that operators should…
Lendlease officially launches big $400M Chinese retirement village in Shanghai
Four years after we first reported Lendlease moving into the Chinese market, Tony Lombardo, CEO…
Stockland Retirement may have two serious buyers
The Australian’s dataroom business background column reported yesterday that an Australian super fund and the…
Earle Haven Retirement Village – what is the story?
You have most probably seen the TV news reports on the crisis shutdown of the…
What is the DMF for anyway?
Did you know that in WA operators are required to describe exactly what they propose…
Contracts and ‘satisfaction’ with living in a village
We need contracts, but they can be painful can’t they when working with residents. Conversations…
Super Bowl ads disappointing – except these two
Ever since 1984 when Apple launched the Macintosh with its once only TV commercial (created…
‘Reframing’ for serious marketers – experience one of the world’s best marketing educators at the LEADERS SUMMIT
Dr Peter Wilton is a world leader in customer loyalty and marketing disruption. He leads…
Does emotion sell the village offering, or data? Or both?
While everybody talks about ‘data’ as the tool of the future, retirement villages are about…
Attention VIC aged care providers: Russell Kennedy releases briefing video on new Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) laws
It’s a challenging question. What are the obligations of an aged care home to support…
Investing in a new building project? Meet your most valuable staff advocate.
You are driving an exciting new aged care property development. It’s a big job, a…
“Some awful things will happen”: Sydney Dignity of Risk forum warns boards to step up now
Board members, executives and Directors of Care have been urged to be proactive about embedding…