Aged and Home Care
Are aged care workers ‘doubling up’ in the NDIS?
With the NDIS now pouring new funding into disabilities, 75% of disability providers were actively…
Dept of Health fails to meet deadline to release appalling home care waiting list
Just 57% of new home care clients in 2015-2016 accessed care within three months of…
TriCare Brisbane vertical village and aged care development attracts 1,000 signature petition
As we covered here, TriCare originally proposed three towers in Taringa ranging from nine to…
Stockland’s Cardinal Freeman village takes out top gong at UDIA’s NSW Awards
The $180M The Residences at Cardinal Freeman has been voted best Retirement Living development in…
Where’s God’s waiting room? On the NSW Central Coast
Following our story here about RetireAustralia selling out its latest Central Coast villages, we were…
Deadline for national aged care review pushed out to 29 September
The Fed Govt has extended the timeframe for the Review of National Aged Care Quality…
Aged care peaks on quality of care: “hard regulation is not the answer”
With three independent reviews of the sector currently underway, Pat Sparrow (Aged & Community Services…
BlueCross and Sapphire Care join forces in strategic move
The private operators have announced the merger of their 35 aged care facilities across metropolitan…
Daily food spending in aged care facilities falls by 5%: StewartBrown research
The average daily spend on food has dropped from $6.39 to $6.08 per resident according…
‘Gayle’s Law’ – outback nurses to be accompanied on after-hours call-outs in SA
The State Govt has issued its draft bill of ‘Gayle’s Law’ bill which will require…
Aveo unveils first aged care home in Brisbane at $36M
The existing 25-bed aged care home was completely rebuilt to add 123 aged care beds…
Health Metrics Advisory Team and Hynes Legal sign deal to advise aged care providers
The aged care software provider’s Advisory Team (HAT) and the legal firm have made an…