Aged Care Queensland CEO Anton Kadash says the state will not have enough residential care and accommodation beyond 2011 because QLD received 813 fewer beds than were allocated in the Federal government's 2009 aged care approvals round (ACAR). In addition he states that at least 500 licenses this year had been given back to the government by mainly not-for-profit because not financially viable. (See next story). As 1313 beds that have dropped out of the system.
Opinion
Retirement villages have Canberra’s attention – now the sector must prove its value
Three years after Daniel Gannon took the reins of the Retirement Living Council (RLC), the sector has achieved something his predecessor Ben Myers was never able to: national recognition in Canberra. This is just the fist step. Retirement villages now need to capitalise on this moment. Here’s how.
