
Royal Commission spells out 2021/22 retirement village strategy
Welcome back to an exciting 2021 for the retirement living sector. I can’t remember when…

Village enquiry ahead of 2020 but research says work to be done
Good news for village marketers and sales people – village enquiry continues to be higher…

Bupa opens its first Australian retirement village in Sydney’s south
The operator has opened its first 82-apartment retirement village in Sutherland, 30km south of the…

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…