Aged Care

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Breaking news: For Purpose Investment Partners’ aged care platform buys Graeme Croft’s Signature Care

For Purpose Aged Care Australia (FPACA), the aged care provider established by social impact investment vehicle For Purpose Investment Partners (FPIP), is moving forward on its vision of reaching 5,000 beds, acquiring 14 aged care homes – eight on...

Lauren Broomham

24 Apr 2024

Government Policy

“The Acting Inspector-General of Aged Care does not commonly issue statements” but...

The Acting Inspector-General of Aged Care has issued a Statement highlighting the Aged Care Taskforce’s omission of any details about a “needs-based framework” for aged care services in its Final Report. The Statement outlines the parallels between...

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Aged Care

400% increase in aged care job applications: Anglicare Sydney

dfasdfdasfasdf Yvette McDonald Chief People and Customer Officer, Anglicare Sydney Our residential care workforce has seen a significant turnaround due to both internal and external factors. Internally: we have focused on residential manager...

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Government Policy

National Aged Care Advisory Council on Aged Care Taskforce Final Report and new Aged Care Act

You can read the communique here

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Opinion

Opinion: Hospital wait times are a dire sign of the future that awaits ageing Australia

The latest data shows hospital beds are at a premium – and older Australians are the most likely to miss out. Is there a solution? As we report in this issue, emergency wait times are at their longest in a decade while surgery wait times are at...

Lauren Broomham

23 Apr 2024

Government Policy

Aged Care Minister Mark Butler’s big change for residential aged care

The Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler announced during the week that pharmacists will be funded by the Government to go into residential aged care homes and deliver vaccines to residents for free, a measure that was previously only...

Caroline Egan

24 Apr 2024

Technology

Leading Not For Profit Calvary Health Care in deal with Salesforce for new home care platform

Not For Profit integrated health care organisation Calvary Health Care has selected Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform Salesforce to develop technology provide a seamless healthcare experience for clients, aged care residents, patients, and

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Government Policy

IHACPA seeks additional costing data from providers on top of QFS and ACFR

The Independent Hospital and Aged Care Pricing authority (IHACPS), which provides the Government with evidence-based advice on the cost of delivering aged care services, asks aged care providers for costing data to help them form their...

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Technology

Only in SATURDAY: the virtual hub bridging the aged care nursing gap

Read more in this week’s edition of our premium digital magazine, SATURDAY

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Government

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Government Policy

IHACPA seeks additional costing data from providers on top of QFS and ACFR

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Aged Care

Low vaccination rates may have impacted death rates in residential aged care

A lack of vaccination data The vaccination campaign began on 22 February 2021, and was criticised for being rolled out too late. Vaccinations in residential aged care were also criticised for being too slow. When the Omicron outbreak began in...

Caroline Egan

24 Apr 2024

Government Policy

Aged Care Minister Mark Butler’s big change for residential aged care

Caroline Egan

24 Apr 2024

Government Policy

“The Acting Inspector-General of Aged Care does not commonly issue statements” but...

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Aged Care

400% increase in aged care job applications: Anglicare Sydney

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Government Policy

Ageing population sees hospitals “at breaking point” and it is going to get worse: AMA

Emergency wait times are the longest in a decade and surgery wait times are at their longest ever, according to the 2024 Public Hospital Report Card, an annual report that uses data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to pinpoint...

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Government Policy

National Aged Care Advisory Council on Aged Care Taskforce Final Report and new Aged Care Act

You can read the communique here

Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2024

Development

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Development

Exclusive: Retirement by Moran finalises purchase of huge Wesley Taylor Village on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and reveals development vision

Managing Director Sally Taylor said Retirement by Moran can now proceed with plans to redevelop the whole of the 9,234sqm site of The Wesley Mission’s Wesley Taylor Village and Residential Aged Care home adjacent to the beach at Narrabeen. They took...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Development

Will “senior living focused” CAP developments take off with land shortages and high construction costs?

Developer WINIM, which has already launched two senior living focused developments in 2024, has another Community Apartment Project up and running. Sydney-based WINIM has appointed Rosebery builder Trescon to construct 18 single-level three-bedroom...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Development

Stockland wins DA approval on its first LLC in WA

The Sydney-based diversified property developer, intent on being the biggest land lease operator for seniors in Australia, has been given development approval for its first Over-55’s community in Western Australia (pictured). The $122.2 million...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Development

Surf Coast Shire approves Summerset Villages’ new plans for retirement village days before VCAT hearing

The New Zealand operator’s amended plan for a retirement village of 191 independent living units (a reduction of five independent living units) in the seaside resort of Torquay, 97km southwest of Melbourne’s CBD, has been approved by the council on...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Legal Issues

Court conciliation sees $40M senior housing development approved on NSW Far South Coast

Much-needed senior housing is going to be built in the town of Merimbula, 240km southeast of Canberra. Matthew Pullinger, Acting Commissioner of the NSW Land and Environment Court, said conciliation talks between Bega Shire Council and the...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Development

A sign of retirement living demand: AdventCare’s Stage 3 Pavilions Blackburn Lakes in Melbourne sold out as Stage 2 opens

The multi-award-winning Pavilions Blackburn Lake in Nunawading, 18km east of Melbourne’s CBD, is the definition of a perfect retirement community, according to Rob Macpherson, One Fell Swoop’s Retirement Living National Sales Director. “Stage 2...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Legal Issues

Why three-year fight to build 233 independent living units in NSW Mid North Coast is doomed

Congarinni North Pty Ltd’s appeal to the NSW Land & Environment Court to build 233 independent living units with recreational facilities, residential and visitor car parking on a 57.3ha site at Congarinni North, 1km northwest of Macksville, in...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Development

Keyton plant 1000 trees in major rehabilitation effort at its Sunshine Coast village development

Repeated protests have been held over the clearing for a co-located retirement living and aged care home on a five-hectare wallum habitat in Sunset Beach, about 3km from Noosa, identified as a priority feed area for the endangered Glossy Black...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Development

Hitting new heights: New split-level land lease homes at GemLife Gold Coast from $1.2M

The $200 million land lease resort under construction in Pimpama, a northern suburb in the City of Gold Coast, has already taken more than $72 million in sales. Now the Over-50s lifestyle resort developer has launched its most expensive homes: 39...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Health

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Government Policy

Aged Care Minister Mark Butler’s big change for residential aged care

Caroline Egan

24 Apr 2024

Opinion

Opinion: Hospital wait times are a dire sign of the future that awaits ageing Australia

Lauren Broomham

23 Apr 2024

Ageing

Retirement Living operator Aveo’s Baby Boomers survey reveals they want to live independently with services available

Australia’s leading retirement living owner and operator has released the findings of its Ageing Australia Study, a survey of more than 1,000 Baby Boomers, now aged between 58 to 77. Its findings show the Boomers want to reinvent living to focus on...

Ian Horswill

09 Apr 2024

Acquisitions

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Acquisitions

Breaking news: For Purpose Investment Partners’ aged care platform buys Graeme Croft’s Signature Care

Lauren Broomham

24 Apr 2024

Legal Issues

Court conciliation sees $40M senior housing development approved on NSW Far South Coast

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Acquisitions

Mirvac CEO Campbell Hanan meets Serenitas Managing Director Rob Nichols in Western Australia

Mirvac and Pacific Equity Partners Secure Assets agreement to pay $1.01 billion, for a 95% ownership, with Serenitas CEO Rob Nichols’ Tasman Capital Partners keeping 5%, has been settled. Now Mirvac’s Group CEO and Managing Director, Campbell...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Opinion

576 village sellers are waking up: buyers are knocking on doors as the demand and supply penny drops on seniors accommodation

With Aveo selling 16 villages and RetireAustralia, with 29 villages, now also up for full sale (again), we hear a lot about these big players in seniors accommodation, but little about the little guys – and there are a lot of them. In fact we have...

Chris Baynes

22 Apr 2024

Opinion

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Opinion

Opinion: Hospital wait times are a dire sign of the future that awaits ageing Australia

Lauren Broomham

23 Apr 2024

Development

Surf Coast Shire approves Summerset Villages’ new plans for retirement village days before VCAT hearing

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Opinion

576 village sellers are waking up: buyers are knocking on doors as the demand and supply penny drops on seniors accommodation

Chris Baynes

22 Apr 2024

Opinion

Opinion: Government’s bid to stagger latest aged care wage rise reflects need for funding reform

The aged care is facing competition from childcare and other sectors in its bid for a Government-funded wages boost. As we reported as soon as the submission was reported last Friday, the Federal Government has committed to fully funding the Fair...

Lauren Broomham

18 Apr 2024

Opinion

The “New” model for a Silver Decade for retirement living operators

Optimism, the title of LEADERS SUMMIT 2024, continues to be the dominant theme in the retirement village sector as we move towards the end of the financial year. In this issue, we report on Mark Bindon’s speech at LEADERS SUMMIT where he revealed...

Chris Baynes

16 Apr 2024

Opinion

Opinion: what could be on the table for aged care on Budget night?

With just over four weeks until the 2024-25 Federal Budget is announced on 14 May, anticipation is building for Treasurer Jim Chalmers to restore some much-needed certainty to the aged care sector. As we report in this issue, the Shadow Minister for...

Lauren Broomham

11 Apr 2024

Opinion

With little retirement living development taking place in NSW, these four people are fighting for change

The Retirement Living Council states there will be a shortfall of 49,000 seniors housing independent living units (ILUs) just to keep up with the current penetration rate by 2030. With only low levels of construction for seniors housing underway...

Chris Baynes

09 Apr 2024

Opinion

Opinion: despite the headlines, delay to new Aged Care Act is good news

The news that the new Aged Care Act will be delayed to January or even July 2025 is hardly a surprise, given there are now just 12 weeks until its planned 1 July 2024 start date – and delivers more time for the sector and Government to get the new...

Lauren Broomham

04 Apr 2024

Opinion

What do you advise your staff to say when there is no advice for the most needy?

We have two public facing websites (villages. com. au and agedccare101. com. au) and each week they receive several desperate requests for help to locate accommodation by people in their 70s, 80s and 90s. And then there are the phone calls. These days...

Chris Baynes

02 Apr 2024