
Why Retirement Village operators must strategise the Royal Commission into Aged Care Final Report
Most village operators take comfort from the fact that retirement villages are by legal definition…

NZ’s Retirement Villages Association (RVA) signs MOU with the Retirement Villages Residents Association of New Zealand (RVRANZ)
A historic agreement between New Zealand’s retirement village industry and its residents’ association. The Retirement…

Sydney real estate developer launches into over-55’s market with luxury Northern Beaches village – $48M in sales in under three months
Platino Properties has made a splash into the seniors’ housing sector with its first strata-titled…

Soul Patts withdraws $555M bid for Regis takeover
The play by Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Regis co-founder Bryan Dorman for the listed…

Wait times for Level 4 Home Care Package now at 28 months with 100,000 still waiting – Ian Yates predicts Royal Commission to scrap four levels in favour of individual packages
Five weeks out from the deadline for the Royal Commission’s Final Report, the latest Productivity…

Banking Royal Commission recommendations mostly abandoned or delayed
Two years on from Kenneth Hayne’s weighty report into Australia’s financial services sector, its recommendations…

A Discussion: is the ‘Big Box’ aged care building finished for the 307 largest operators?
The Royal Commission Proposed Recommendations 57 (above) and 58 (below), refer to the ‘small home’…

Aged Care IT and the Royal Commission: an easy to understand discussion guide
Aged care providers are seeking to understand IT changes required from the Royal Commission. The…

The village tech solution loved by residents and village marketers
Eevi quietly custom builds village alarm and communication ecosystems that residents actually use and love.…

Aged care homes on Sydney’s Northern Beaches directed to ban visitors after NSW records five new COVID-19 cases – one an aged care worker
NSW has recorded a further five COVID-19 cases overnight after a 45-year-old man was the…

Aged care regulator notches up record 5,500 assessments in September quarter – but most contacts carried out remotely
The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s latest Sector Performance Report for July to September…

Aged Care Minister pledges to release reports into COVID outbreaks at St Basil’s and Heritage Care’s Epping Gardens before Christmas – confirms he wants to stay in portfolio
As we reported here last week, Labor has been pushing the Government to release the…