NSW Retirement Village inquiry attracting serious attendance
We attended the Wollongong ‘town hall meeting’ staged by Kathryn Greiner as she leads the NSW Fair Trading enquiry into…
Browsing: Chris Baynes
Residential aged care a Fairfax Media target again – but mixed messages
The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age ran big double page articles on Sunday centring on “nursing home neglect” by…
Justin Laboo’s $300M Catalyst Health REIT selected by PresCare for greenfield RAC funding
Following 18 months of development Justin Laboo has formally launched his innovative Catalyst Health REIT with its first client, Queensland’s…
Bupa aged care workers strike in VIC – but staffing remains a sector-wide issue
The Australian is reporting that the aged care provider is planning to cut its nurse management workforce in half by…
GemLife joins forces with PresCare in ‘first of its kind’ partnership
The QLD-based operator and their sister company Living Gems have also announced their retirement living residents will be able to…
A Current Affair – a blunt instrument bludgeoning the retirement village sector: Chris Baynes
Channel Nine’s A Current Affair pulled out all stops in sensationalist journalism in its lead story last night targeting retirement…
Fairfax and Adele Ferguson launch another confused attack on retirement villages
Another Saturday and another big story in the Business section of The Age and Sydney Morning Herald by Adele Ferguson…
ABC Radio moves in on the village and care sector with long, negative reports
ABC Radio has joined the ABC’s Four Corners and 7.30 Report in delivering long investigative segments. In each case balancing…
Baby boomers lead the charge on aged care advocacy and ‘disruption’
Action on Elderly Abuse Now – which claims to have over 6,000 members and supporters includes advocacy groups Angels for…
NSW Govt commences its ‘compliance blitz’ of retirement village operators
Three weeks ago the Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation, Matt Kean, appeared on the Sunday night TV news with…