Panel meets on future of Mbark’s golf club retirement village in Canberra
As we reported here, the Federal Golf Club wants to build 125 retirement village units and a new clubhouse, swimming…
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Where’s God’s waiting room? On the NSW Central Coast
Following our story here about RetireAustralia selling out its latest Central Coast villages, we were interested to find out that…
Deadline for national aged care review pushed out to 29 September
The Fed Govt has extended the timeframe for the Review of National Aged Care Quality Regulatory Processes by four weeks…
Aged care peaks on quality of care: “hard regulation is not the answer”
With three independent reviews of the sector currently underway, Pat Sparrow (Aged & Community Services Australia), Sean Rooney (Leading Age…
‘Gayle’s Law’ – outback nurses to be accompanied on after-hours call-outs in SA
The State Govt has issued its draft bill of ‘Gayle’s Law’ bill which will require outback nurses to be accompanied…
Retirement industry commits to action plan on village costs and contracts
The Retirement Living Council released an eight-point plan following a recent meeting between over 30 operators and retirement village resident…
Lendlease glitch reveals more about co-located care plans
Lendlease was testing the publishing of its annual report online when a search engine swept it up 24 days before…
Kathryn Greiner appointed to head up NSW inquiry into retirement village standards
Ms Greiner is well-known as a heavy hitter in the aged care sector, having served as the Chair of the…
Attention aged care providers: you may be eligible for a $7,000 higher accommodation supplement
Financial advisory firm James Underwood & Associates says many facilities already qualify for the supplement – which is paid by…
Govt-run QLD aged care facility in danger of being closed down
The Courier Mail is reporting that the 60-bed Cooinda House at Kippa-Ring, 27km northeast of Brisbane, could close down after…