UK’s long-awaited social care reforms delayed yet again
Australia is not the only country facing challenges in how to fund care for its older population. It has been…
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Florida’s The Villages retirement community the largest US winner from city exodus
People in the US are moving out of their homes in the cities due to the effects of COVID-19 with…
Japara mulls $278M offer from Calvary Health Care
As we reported here, the Catholic Not For Profit made the surprise bid for the ASX-listed provider last Friday, offering…
New York Governor Cuomo’s office hid details of deaths in aged care home
As New York Governor Andrew Cuomo secured a reported US$4 million deal to write a book on his “leadership” in…
Mercer pioneers employee benefit programs to guide people to retirement living and aged care
Mercer, one of the world’s largest consulting and professional services firms, and a significant provider of back office services to…
French retirement village group to invest $3.6B over 10 years in new UK village homes
Retirement villages are firing up in England. Retirement Village Group is expanding from France to England to build 5,000 new…
US$1.19B loan defaults in US retirement living sector as COVID kills new occupancy
Unlike Australia, potential new residents are staying at home rather than joining a ‘retirement village’, causing significant operator loan defaults.…
US: Joe Biden outlines $400B plan to expand home and community-based care and improve workers’ wages
The US President wants to improve access to long-term care at home for older Americans and increase wages for home…
US long-term care facilities record 175,000 COVID-19 deaths
8% or one in 12 residents in America’s long-term care facilities are now estimated to have died from the virus,…
US aged care nursing declines 11.5% (182,000 nurses) since the start of the pandemic
The number of nurses working in US aged care homes has dropped by 11.5% since the beginning of the pandemic…