Aged Care
Respect reaches 40 homes as sector continues to come knocking
Just weeks after revealing it now receives one acquisition enquiry a week, regional aged care operator Respect has announced its 40th home – welcoming Queensland provider Glenella Care into its growing network.
ABC reports on aged care assessments: The Weekly SOURCE has covered it for four months
Since July this year, The Weekly SOURCE has been highlighting the total inadequacies of the Australian Department of Health, Disability and Ageing's new Single Assessment System, which is mean "to simplify and improve aged care assessments." The...
Only in SATURDAY: Flattening the frailty curve with a wellness business model
At Catholic Healthcare, CEO Josh McFarlane says wellness isn’t a buzzword – it’s a business model. The operator is quietly expanding its network of Wellness Centres and Mind & Move programs, believing that prevention should sit at the centre of aged care thinking.
Cameron McPherson: ‘The new law risks boxing providers into yesterday’s model’
Cameron McPherson, CEO of Medical & Aged Care Group, writes that Australia’s new Aged Care Act funds care delivery on a cost basis rather than on outcomes, rewarding activity over measurable gains in independence, connection and quality of life.
Government Policy
Cameron McPherson: ‘The new law risks boxing providers into yesterday’s model’
Cameron McPherson, CEO of Medical & Aged Care Group, writes that Australia’s new Aged Care Act funds care delivery on a cost basis rather than on outcomes, rewarding activity over measurable gains in independence, connection and quality of life.
Opinion
Cameron McPherson: ‘The new law risks boxing providers into yesterday’s model’
Cameron McPherson, CEO of Medical & Aged Care Group, writes that Australia’s new Aged Care Act funds care delivery on a cost basis rather than on outcomes, rewarding activity over measurable gains in independence, connection and quality of life.
Home care won’t catch up – unless the rules change
We said horror stories were coming and here they are. This week’s headlines have been dominated by an assessment system that can’t assess, a program that can’t keep up, and older Australians stranded in the gap. The numbers are no longer...
Retirement villages now hot investments: Here is why
Aveo is even sweeter in that it has been moving its contracts to a mix of upfront payments rather than the DMF. In March 2024, we reported in The Weekly SOURCE that a third of new Aveo customers have chosen an alternative to the traditional deferred...
From survival to sustainability: five years on, aged care finally has certainty – now it needs transformation
1 November will mark 1,706 days since the Aged Care Royal Commissioners handed their Final Report to the Governor-General – and for the first time, the sector can say it has certainty. From Saturday, the new Aged Care Act and Support at Home...
