Opinion
Is this the hardest board seat in Australia?
Being a Chair in aged care is not a prestige role – it’s a risk position. Board directors are facing civil penalties, personal liability, financial fragility, workforce shortages and ongoing political scrutiny. And a regulator that now expects directors to understand clinical risk, financial sustainability and governance detail – simultaneously. This
Is the retirement village sector half pregnant?
The retirement village sector is shrinking despite an expanding demand. Where is the plan and strategy? Australia needs to build 7,000-plus new village homes a year to maintain the historic 12% penetration rate of over 75-year-olds but for the past 10 years we have been building between 1,000
A new aged care home every three days? Canberra’s maths is right – its capital plan isn’t
Federal Health Minister Mark Butler dropped a line last week that should have stopped the sector cold: Australia needs to open a new aged care facility every three days for the next 20 years. Not a wing. Not a refurbishment. A whole facility – every 72 hours – just to keep pace
News & Headlines
ASQA ramps up crackdown on care training providers
ASQA cancelled Kingsway’s registration on 9 July and says the investigation identified “potential safety risks” – including to some of the most vulnerable members of the community – requiring “urgent action”.
Illawarra aged care home evacuated due to fire
“There was a fire in a ceiling that was contained by the sprinkler system.”
From co-contributions to continuum: Tom Symondson on where aged care reform must go next
Aged care’s next test won’t be passing legislation – it will be tracking what actually happens when the new rules collide with real lives. Tom Symondson, CEO of peak body Ageing Australia, says the design intent behind Support at Home is...
AlayaCare acquires Nightingale Software to deepen its aged care footprint in ANZ
Aged, home and community care platform AlayaCare has acquired Nightingale Software, strengthening its position across Australia and New Zealand’s aged care, home care and disability sectors.
