UK: Govt launches recruitment campaign for aged care workers – 11,000 vacancies
The Department of Health and Social Care is looking to “raise the image and the profile” of the sector as…
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US: aged care home star ratings fail to cut preventable hospitalisations – providers accused of “gaming” the system
The Five-Star Quality Rating System was introduced for US nursing homes in 2008 and is designed to help residents and…
“Best and final offer”: Hometown says it will not raise $2.25 cash offer for LLC operator Gateway
With no rival bidders in play, the Australian arm of the US housing operator Hometown America says that the offer…
Ryman’s Australian pipeline now over $1.5B – sets goal of two new villages a year
The NZ operator has received approval for its third $200 million co-located village and aged care development on 2.5 hectares…
Success story: St. Vincent’s Health Australia and CatholicCare celebrate end of two-year program housing refugees at co-located Melbourne village
As we reported here, the joint project originally planned to use 60 empty units at St Vincent’s Care Services Eltham…
QLD’s BallyCara CEO Marcus Riley address UN on elderly discrimination
Mr Riley, who is also chairman of the Global Ageing Network representing 24,000 organisations in 52 countries, has told the…
NZ aged care homes need nurses – they’ve hit a record 10% nursing vacancy rate as nurses “drift” to public hospitals
With 10% vacancies in aged care, the New Zealand Government is signing off on a new District Health Board deal…
“Boom for listed landlords”: AFR outlines appeal of land lease communities as research shows Aussie baby boomers third-poorest in the OECD
25.7% of Australians aged 65 and over have a disposable income that is less than 50% of the median household,…
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On a lighter note, we were sent this clip from an Austrian dancing school this week. It’s guaranteed to leave…
US: 1,400 nursing homes see Medicare star ratings slashed under new payroll disclosure requirements
Medicare rates nursing homes on a five-star system – under the changes, 1,387 out of 15,616 nursing homes received a…