Is the departure of Sakkara the end of a painful era for the residents and the retirement village sector?
It’s a conundrum. The Landings is a fabulous retirement village. (In fact, I supported my mother-in-law becoming a resident). However,…
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We are investing $1M+ in educating retirement living and aged care customers – 12-month national talkback radio and digital ad campaign
Research tells us that trust has gone missing in both the retirement living and the aged care sector. Negative media…
Aged care only inquiry, with teeth
The terms of reference for the Royal Commission into Aged Care have been announced and its exclusive focus is aged…
Why should you join us at the 2019 LEADERS SUMMIT? Watch this video
The LEADERS SUMMIT has been the No. 1 strategic village and care business strategy AGM since 2010 and next year’s…
Aveo does good job on contract clarity – check it out here
As we reported here, Aveo updated its contracts 1 September, which quietly included introducing a five-year DMF period, up from…
Regis, Japara and Estia share prices hit by Royal Commission and Four Corners program
The announcement by the Federal government of a Royal Commission into aged care will be the start of a ‘summer…
Shocking Four Corners not so shocking – there is the message
The Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, stood before the TV cameras on Sunday to announce the Royal commission into aged care,…
114,700 buyers searched for a retirement village in August on villages.com.au, up 26%
For some time now, we have been explaining the retirement village sector is a two-speed economy. 25% of operators are…
Stockland Retirement profit down 16.7% ($10M) – recovery from Fairfax/Four Corners negative media emerging
Stockland turned over 113 fewer retirement homes in FY18 compared to FY17, reducing their operating profit from $63 million to…
Charter Hall moves to buy Folkestone, including retirement village developments
The $23 billion property fund group Charter Hall is to acquire in November the $1.6 billion Folkstone, a real estate…