NZ: Aged Care Association says residency pathway needed for Pacific workers
Following last week’s World Bank report recommending the region as a source of workers for…
Monthly Archives: September, 2018
Scotland: nursing staff shortages force 19 aged care facilities to close in a year
Scottish Care, which represents aged care providers, is blaming a staffing crisis, including a 31%…
US: Californian Govt accuses two nursing homes of abandoning residents during 2017 wildfires
Its Department of Social Services is now trying to close the facilities, which are located…
Only in America: former CCRC resident receives five years’ probation and $10,000 fine after poisoning neighbours with ricin
Betty Miller, 70, had pleaded guilty to possessing the poison – which is found naturally…
Moving away from ‘care’: home care disruptor Better Caring re-brands to Mable
The new name for the online peer-to-peer marketplace is inspired by the first-person expression of…
Medibank Private to offer palliative care at home
The private health insurer is working with St Vincent’s Health Australia to offer the service…
NSW: Moran Health Care Group offers $7.7M to Camden church for $30M aged care development
The local paper is reporting staff at St John’s Anglican Church in Camden, 65km southwest…
Western Sydney group lodges application for $72M 165-unit retirement village at Lakeside Golf Club in Camden
Another retirement development for Camden – Wests Group Macarthur has put forward plans to build…
Lendlease revises plans for Illawarra master-planned community to include retirement living and aged care
The property developer has applied to NSW Planning to increase the number of homes at…
Is it home ‘care’ or home ‘support’? Better Caring changes its name to Mable
‘Care’ is now established as a buzzword in the retirement village sector. Delivering care services…