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…
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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…
New Zealand continuum of care retirement villages now house 14% of the Over 75 population: 6% compound growth
Verifying the market appeal of retirement villages with an ongoing care strategy, the NZ village model is growing at a…
New Zealand retirement village regulation review sounds very familiar – following Australia?
Buy backs, sharing capital gain, ending weekly fees, reinstatement costs, marketing delays. All familiar in Australia, they have come under…
US star ratings system contributed to COVID-19 aged care deaths, New York Times finds
12 years after its introduction the United States’ star rating system for aged care homes has been declared broken by…