Editorial
Paul Browne’s LDK Healthcare buys trophy retirement village, The Landings, from Sakkara
Arguably the most desired retirement village in Australia, The Landings was purchased over Christmas by…
Is the departure of Sakkara the end of a painful era for the residents and the retirement village sector?
It’s a conundrum. The Landings is a fabulous retirement village. (In fact, I supported my…
Stockland appoints advisers to move out of retirement villages
Just days before Christmas, Stockland appointed two advisers to search for buyers of their $1.5…
QLD: residents forced to raise ‘fighting fund’ after developer lodges appeal for eight-storey retirement village in Brisbane
The new wave of consumer advocacy: As we covered here, the proposal for the development…
Aged Care Royal Commission receives 20,000 to 30,000 cases of substandard care: The Australian
In an exclusive, the newspaper’s Social Affairs Writer Rick Morton has revealed the Commissioners’ request…
Flinders University and nurses union advocate for aged care nurses to save $2.6 billion
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (AMNF) Federal Secretary Annie Butler commissioned the Australian Industrial…
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:…
Marcus Riley launches new book on ageing
Australia’s most recognised aged care leader, the BallyCara CEO (QLD), current Director of the Global…
2018 averaged 89% retirement village occupancy: PwC/Property Council Retirement Census
On the surface, a disastrous figure. Across 610 villages the average occupancy was 89% compared…