2021: the year retirement villages won Not For Profit respect
2021 commenced with the Aged Care Royal Commission Final Report followed by the response from the Federal Government which signalled…
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ACSA’s latest tie-up looks to bring co-operatives and mutuals into aged care sector
Peak body Aged & Community Services Australia (ACSA) has joined forces with the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM),…
Investors still unable to get back $200M from Bill Lewski’s Prime Trust’s collapse
Investors seeking $200 million compensation over the collapse of Bill Lewski’s Prime Retirement and Aged Care Property Trust in 2010,…
$107M golf club redevelopment with Watermark Living’s 102 units approved
A retirement village over three five-storey buildings will be built on Chatswood Golf Club in a $107.3 million redevelopment of…
NZ will need 26,000 retirement village units in next decade: JLL report
New Zealand’s enviable 14.3% penetration rate looks set to stay in place over the next 10 years according to Jones…
Let’s end this nonsense: the mandatory vaccination in aged care is long overdue – as explained here
More than 75% of all 910 deaths from COVID-19 in Australia have been at aged care facilities. The abject horror…
Australian Unity’s new premium cash offer for AUHPT Units plays loyalty card
Australian Unity has rejected NorthWest Healthcare’s $2.7 billion offer for its unlisted healthcare fund, setting the stage for a drawn-out…
100 village managers attended Sydney DCM Institute professional development day yesterday
It was great to have such a strong attendance to our first professional development day post-COVID by the DCM Institute,…
Will QLD follow NSW on demanding asset management plans? State Govt opens consultation on financial reporting and budgeting standards for retirement villages
The Queensland Government appears to be taking a cue from NSW with its latest round of legislative changes looking at…
First Aged Care Royal Commission legislation targeting home care, restraints and ACFA
The Federal Government has introduced its first legislation in response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.…