Aged and Home Care

Aged care operator Estia looks to “significant and strategic” refurbishments to expand its portfolio: 16 homes undergoing major works
The listed provider is making use of land adjacent to its existing homes with 16…

Estia pushes for accountability – workforce and complaints
Estia CEO Norah Barlow is pressing for national standards for training of aged care workers,…

Remote QLD town given boost with $8.4M hospital integrating aged care
Where do you go or residential aged care when you live nearly 2,000 miles west…

VIC: Regional town converts aged care facility to household model for residents with dementia
There are around 1,000 people living with dementia in the Benalla region – a number…

ACT: historic homestead designated for aged care taken off the market
The new wave of Consumer Advocacy: Just a month ago, the plan to turn the…

NZ: Ombudsman to start monitoring private aged care following negative media reports
The New Zealand Herald has recently published a series of stories on abuse and neglect…

Benetas given green light for big $110M village and aged care development in Melbourne
The Victoria-based Not For Profit plans to build a single-storey 124-bed aged care facility and…

The Uniting Church’s Juniper opens new retirement apartments at co-located site in Perth
The 40 one-, two- and three-bedroom Orana apartments are part of the latest stage of…

Opal launches $48M medium-rise aged care facility in Sydney’s west
The four-storey facility in Bankstown includes 155 aged care beds and two dementia care units…

The ABC again exposes neglect at Tinonee Gardens aged care home
After earlier reporting on failings at the facility in Newcastle, the national broadcaster has run…

Brisbane Council scraps plans for villages and aged care on sports land over “community controversy” – RetireAustralia and Aura hit
The new wave of Consumer Advocacy: Leading village operators will suffer as a result of…

Chinese-backed property developer plans $900M estate with aged care and retirement living in the Whitsundays
The Greater Rewards Group, backed by the Chinese-owned Homeland Property Developments, has acquired the 269ha…