Village enquiry ahead of 2020 but research says work to be done
Good news for village marketers and sales people – village enquiry continues to be higher than 12 months ago. Above…
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Aged Care Year In Review 2020
January The year begins in a blaze with the bushfire crisis hitting aged care homes and retirement villages – we…
Retirement Living Year in Review 2020
January Land lease operator GemLife acquires a site at Pimpama on the Gold Coast for its eighth 450-home community –…
RetireAustralia completes first stage of vertical retirement village on NSW Central Coast
The first stage of RetireAustralia’s The Rise at Wood Glen at Erina, 90km north of Sydney, is now complete. The…
Regional NSW Council agrees to borrow funds to expand retirement villages to meet local demand
Murray River Council is putting its money where its mouth is to support the expansion of two local retirement villages.…
Regis takeover bid sees sector-wide upgrade of aged care stocks – aged care can still be a profitable business if providers scale up
Last week’s news that Soul Pattinson had launched a bid for the listed provider has seen the share price of…
The sector reacts to the Budget: aged care leaders weigh in on where the Government has got it right – and wrong
A mixed response to Tuesday’s Budget with its spending on home care and little else for the aged care sector.…
Village operators – we know why sales may be slow. We have a perception problem, and a solution
Our just-completed DCM Prospect Profile survey of 2,207 people aged 60+ has confirmed that just 14% perceive that retirement villages…
Peak industry bodies shift conferences online
A number of leading industry bodies are embracing digital solutions to cope with restrictions that have been imposed by the…
October 1 marks United Nation’s International Day of Older Persons – number of people aged over 60 to outnumber those under five
The theme for this year’s 30th anniversary event is (perhaps unsurprisingly) COVID-related: ‘Pandemics – Do They Change How We Address…