Healthcare Australia: Staffing business up for sale?

Jul 27 2010 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Champ, a private equity firm, is rumoured to have begun looking for buyers for Healthcare Australia (HCA), the nation's largest nursing and aged care staffing business.

Respect enters QLD with acquisition of seven BlueCare aged care homes and four co-located retirement villages

The Not For Profit, which specialises in acquiring rural and regional care home, announced this morning it will take ownership of several sites from the health and community arm of UnitingCare Queensland.

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Ian Horswill

15 May 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Aveo’s preferred buyer Scape reveals new senior housing business Living Co

Stephen Gaitanos, the Co-Founder, Managing Director and Group CEO of Scape Australia, the country’s leading residential-to-rent owner and operator, has told Mingtiandi’s Singapore Forum that the group will provide accommodation for seniors.

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Ian Horswill

19 May 2025

Government Policy

RLC and StewartBrown lobbying sees retirement village operators’ proposed liquidity ratio cut from 10% to 2%

Daniel Gannon, Executive Director of the Retirement Living Council, said the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s proposal to make residential aged care providers operating independent living units (ILUs) and retirement villages retain 10% of ILU and retirement village refundable amounts as liquid funds from 1 July this year, has been reduced to 2%.

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Government Policy

Who is the new Minister for Aged Care Sam Rae?

Only in his second term of parliament, 39-year-old Same Rae has been appointed Minister for Aged Care. Who is he?

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Caroline Egan

15 May 2025

Lendlease may have nibble for its 25% stake in village operator Keyton

The builder and developer, which has been under shareholder pressure to sell its remaining 25.1% stake in the retirement village operator for at least three years, is reported to have received a handful of approaches to buy it, according to The Australian.

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Parties interested in buying Keyton’s Western Australian retirement villages in due diligence

The leading retirement village operator’s decision to sell its entire portfolio of 10 retirement villages in Western Australia was made in September last year. “They are still on the market with interested parties doing due diligence. That’s all we can say at this point,“ said Keyton spokesperson.

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Legal & General acquires 75% stake in owner of land lease operator Vantage

Vantage is AVID Property Group’s land lease community brand, which has marked its first year in the burgeoning sector. AVID spent $284.5 million to buy eight Living Gems communities to announce the brand in March last year, adding it had earmarked...

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

DevCore unveils plans for 1,200 land lease homes across NSW and QLD

Property developer DevCore has revealed a pipeline of at least 1,200 land lease homes, to be delivered across six future communities in New South Wales and Queensland. Founded by former Rawson Homes executives Peter, Lawrie and Mark Rawson, DevCore...

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Lauren Broomham

19 May 2025