Opinion
The shadow of ABC 7.30 continues to loom over retirement and land lease
The weaponisation of the national broadcaster’s attack on the retirement village sector is a timely reminder that the shadow of the ABC continues to loom. Last week, we saw the Victorian Minister for Consumer Affairs, Nick Staikos, dig up footage of ABC 7.30’s 2024 Retirement Rip Off
Budget blitz: Aged care enters its no-money winter
We said it in December – aged care is entering a no-money decade. Now the pre-Budget mood music from the fiscal gatekeepers suggests May will confirm it. The Sydney Morning Herald reported on Wednesday Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has ordered ministers to find “significant savings” ahead of a belt-tightening Budget. Buried
Land lease and village operators take note: regional aged care beds are declining
Duncan McKimm, a regional co-located village and care CEO, presented this graph on his LinkedIn site last week and said the problem is not what you think. The natural conclusion is it that it is not financially viable to build new aged care beds in the regions. He says it
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...
