Editorial
Bidders in ‘final due diligence’ for Aveo sale, says Street Talk
The AFR’s rumour-mill section, Street Talk, reports that private equity organisation Blackstone and another buy-out…
A new entrant to the retirement sector? Family plans to pitch village for construction on vacant Brisbane flood plain property
A family who purchased a large, vacant block of land in Yeronga (8.5 kilometres outside…
Australian-first trial of CCTV in aged care facilities to begin in SA
The Federal Government will invest $500,000 in a 12-month trial of the surveillance and monitoring…
Attention: QLD village operators – Retirement Living Council releases survey on mandated buyback announcement
As we reported here last week, the QLD Government passed legislative amendments requiring the mandatory…
New $18 million aged care facility planned for Innisfail (QLD)
Community-based organisation Warrina Innisfail – located in tropical far north QLD, 87 kilometres south of Cairns…
Catholic Healthcare to construct $27 million aged care development in south-west Sydney
The not-for-profit provider – which has 41 residential aged care homes, eight retirement villages and…
Building communities through leadership – learn from Peter Baines OAM
The role of Village Manager is unlike any other. You are responsible for building communities…
Training and professional development for the Code of Conduct and Accreditation deadline: 1 January 2020
To comply with the retirement village Code of Conduct Village Managers will have to demonstrate…
Retirement villages sales in a difficult market – learn at the village Summit
They say that ‘sales solve all problems’. For retirement villages speedy turnover of homes is…
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…
Former golf course site in far north NSW approved for retirement and aged care development
The 184-hectare Bilambil Heights site – located seven kilometres from Coolangatta – has been approved…
New HomeStay Care technology to be implemented nationally after successful pilot program
The healthcare technology developer has partnered with home care provider Enrich Living to expand its…
17 December government home care shuffle – 10,000 packages brought forward by 12 months
Leading accounting firm StewartBrown’s analysis of the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) announcement identified:…