Development $36M Resthaven Bellevue Heights redevelopment in Adelaide opens doors The South Australian Not For Profit provider has opened Stage 2 of the redevelopment of Resthaven Bellevue Heights in Mitcham, 7km south of Adelaide’s CBD. Click here Caroline Egan 12 Jun 2025
News & Headlines Judge reviews final payout approvals in Newmarch House aged care class action Last Friday, the NSW Supreme Court’s Justice Peter Garling hears from parties in Shine Lawyers’ class action against Anglicare Sydney over the deaths of residents at Sydney’s Newmarch House in the early days of the pandemic. Click here Caroline Egan 07 May 2025
Legal Issues Jury considers fate of police officer accused of manslaughter of aged care resident Clare Nowland Senior Constable Kristian White, 34, has pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Clare Nowland, who he tasered at the 40-bed Yallambee Lodge aged care facility, in Cooma, 114km south of Canberra, on May 17, 2023. Click here Ian Horswill 21 Nov 2024
Technology Mirus Australia: 57% not confident about their aged care home’s data handling Just over half of respondents who attended a webinar hosted by the aged care advisory group disagreed with the statement they have proper applications in place managing their data safety and have no manual processes. The same survey by Mirus... Click here Caroline Egan 06 Sep 2024
Living with Dementia AI-enhanced robots may be the key to calming anxious or agitated people living with dementia A polit of social robots in Singapore has found they can help to engage or calm people living with dementia who are restless, anxious or agitated, and could offer an effective alternative to medication. Prudence Chan, Clinical Director of the... Click here Caroline Egan 25 Jul 2024
Aged Care Aged care home operators chalk up fifth year of losses: StewartBrown Residential aged care’s profitability improved in the March 2024 quarter, according to the latest Aged Care Financial Performance Survey Sector Report from StewartBrown. However, the improved results are due to increased Government funding for care... Click here Caroline Egan 08 Jul 2024
Mergers & Acquisitions Wollongong-based training organisations IRT Academy and Illawarra ITeC merge IRT’s registered training organisation (RTO) IRT Academy and RTO Illawarra ITeC, both based on the NSW south coast, are set to merge, forming ITeC Academy. The integration was completed on 1 July 2024. Not For Profit Illawarra ITeC was founded in... Click here Caroline Egan 04 Jul 2024
Sector Moves & People Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT) appoints Mike Christensen as Chair Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT) has appointed a new Chair, Mike Christensen who has been on the Not For Profit’s board since 2021 and has chaired the Finance, Audit, and Risk Committee and Property Committee. With extensive experience in... Click here Caroline Egan 04 Jul 2024
Aged Care Infinite Care the latest operator to join SA Health’s program for hospital patients waiting for aged care beds Infinite Care Klemzig, 6km north east of the Adelaide CBD, has admitted the first residents under its Care Awaiting Placement (CAPS) program, which provides short-term placements for SA Health patients awaiting a permanent bed in residential aged... Click here Caroline Egan 27 Jun 2024
Aged Care Sector 4,000 RNs short ahead of 44 direct RN aged care minutes in October The aged care sector is estimated to be short 4,043 RNs for the 2024-25 financial year, recent Senate Estimates heard, as increased care minute targets loom only three months away, including increased targets for the degree-qualified nurses. “In... Click here Caroline Egan 20 Jun 2024
Sector Moves & People MiCare appoint Penni Michael as CEO to succeed long-standing boss Petra Neeleman Melbourne-based Not For Profit provider of residential aged care, home care and retirement living services, which specialises in care for migrant communities, has appointed Penni Michael CEO. In August 2023, MiCare announced Jos van de Ven had been... Click here Caroline Egan 20 Jun 2024
Archive PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: HAVE YOUR SAY The Retirement Living Council, in partnership with the Property Council Academy, have formed an education committee responsible for developing a professional development program for people in the retirement living sector. To ensure the program meets... Click here The Weekly Source 18 Dec 2013
Archive ACSA supports the Federal government axing the Workforce Supplement for Aged Care Workers ACSA national CEO, John Kelly AM, has come out in praise of the new Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrews and Assistant Minister Mitch Fifield for the scrapping Labors Workforce Supplement which would have delivered significant pay increases... Click here The Weekly Source 18 Dec 2013