Aged and Home Care

Melbourne Dutch live music hub set to become eight-storey vertical retirement village
The Dutch Club Abel Tasman in Carnegie, 12km southeast of the CBD, will move in…

Chas Jacobsen secures 107-site caravan park next to The Village Glen
The village veteran has purchased the neighbouring Sundowner Willows caravan park in Rosebud, 75km southeast…

Brisbane Deputy Mayor leads petition demanding TriCare demolish its derelict Brisbane aged care home
An unusual twist – it is normally the public petitioning the council. Deputy Mayor Adrian…

Big spenders: state and Fed Govts rack up $17.4B aged care services bill in 2016/17
That’s around $4,470 per older Australian, according to the latest Productivity Commission report on community…

Petition to mandate aged care staff ratio hits 83,000
The change.org petition is targeting 150,000 signatures and was started by Victorian woman Jane Seaholme,…

Strike over: Bupa nurses and carers negotiate nearly 4% per annum wage increase in Victoria
Workers will receive an increase of 11.25% over three years plus improved workplace entitlements and…

Heathley lifts its medical and aged care portfolio to $650M: The Australian
The Sydney-based property fund manager has already begun a series of unlisted healthcare property trusts…

Close one aged care initiative, open another: SA Govt makes $140M ten-year commitment to regional health and aged care services
Country Health SA will receive an extra $14 million a year – an increase from…

China: Beijing orders weekly home visits for the elderly
Local governments will now be required to conduct weekly home visits to elderly people who…

QLD aged care nurse jailed for two years over $23,700 theft from resident
The 39-year-old woman was working at a Hervey Bay retirement village when she took an…

High-end project developer makes first move into village sector with $125 million mixed-use development in Brisbane
Traders in Purple has lodged an application for a 100-unit retirement village plus 103 apartments,…

RetireAustralia invests further in NZ village model with SA care appointment
The NZ-owned village operator has appointed Clinical Advisor and former RN Lisa Wood to lead…