Opinion Aveo should set the sales and valuation benchmark for all For Profit and NFP village operators: $385K per ILU contract So Aveo built this demand through rebranding, relaunching and very active promotion on vehicles like our villages. com. au Click here Chris Baynes 6 hours ago
Chris Baynes Aveo transformation masterclass: turning $1.27B into $3.85B in 55 months Today’s confirmation of the sale of Aveo is dated 26 June 2025. Brookfield took the keys to Aveo in November 2019, or four years and seven months ago. On first blush they made $2.58 billion profit in those 55 months, or did they make a lot more?... Click here Chris Baynes 26 Jun 2025
Sector Moves & People Stuart Nicholson returns to the retirement village sector to deliver high performance One of the major figures in the sector through the 2000s to 2019, Stuart led Becton’s village portfolio, followed by M&A and private village investment portfolios. After an aged care stint he is in demand back in retirement living. Stuart has... Click here Chris Baynes 16 Jun 2025
Opinion It took a 28-year-old to reboot the retirement living sector – at speed Adrian Puljich was 28 years of age when he conceived GemLife and then convinced Singapore diversified investment business Thakral Corporation to commit 50% of funds to create the business. Nine years later it is valued at $1.58 billion. How did he... Click here Chris Baynes 16 Jun 2025
Aged Care Tom Symondson’s next big thing: the continuum of ageing in Australia As the new Aged Care Act nears implementation, Ageing Australia CEO Tom Symondson says it’s time to start talking about what comes next. At the 2025 LEADERS SUMMIT and in a recent interview with SATURDAY, Tom revealed that Ageing Australia has... Click here Chris Baynes 12 Jun 2025
Aged Care Plan T: urgent ‘transformation’ needed to future-proof aged care for residents and operators With aged care home occupancy over 95%, 85,000-plus on home care wait lists, and thousands stuck in hospitals, Australia’s aged care system is already operating beyond capacity – and facing a demographic tidal wave. Click here Chris Baynes 12 Jun 2025
Chris Baynes Plan T: Transformation – an action plan for positive change in the aged care system is required The aged care system is bogged down from years of rules and regulations piling on top of each other to the point where it is now grossly inefficient and failing to deliver optimum care equally across the country. Click here Chris Baynes 12 Jun 2025
Community Living Plan T: important ‘transformation’ required in the care system to support village residents (and operators) StewartBrown research now states the average age of residents in retirement villages is 80 and the average age of departure is now 86; villages are firmly part of the care system – which is broken. Village operators need to support Plan T, the... Click here Chris Baynes 10 Jun 2025
DIGITAL EDITION SATURDAY Issue 100 Plan T: Transformation (required) The sheer magnitude of aged care demand requires a transformation strategy, including retirement villages, but it’s also about the nature and quality of care. Based on the facts that home care has waiting lists of 90,000-plus and aged care beds... Click here Chris Baynes 06 Jun 2025
DIGITAL EDITION SATURDAY Issue 100 Tom Symondson’s next big thing: the continuum of ageing in Australia The Ageing Australia CEO is looking beyond the recommendations of the Royal Commission and the implementation of the New Act. It’s time to talk about the future of ageing in Australia. At the LEADERS SUMMIT and in a conversation with SATURDAY this... Click here Chris Baynes 06 Jun 2025
DIGITAL EDITION SATURDAY Issue 100 Aged care transformation? Jim Chalmers says he is on board On Wednesday night (4 June) on the ABC’s 7.30 program, the Treasurer was emphatic that clearing out regulatory tangles is a major priority, as is attention on the care economy. Time for Plan T: Transformation. JIM CHALMERS: “Let’s not dismiss... Click here Chris Baynes 06 Jun 2025
DIGITAL EDITION SATURDAY Issue 100 Plan T: a vision for change Let’s admit it. The design of the retirement living and aged care systems are no longer fit for purpose. It is time to step outside. Plan T: Transformation is required Today we have an aged care system that is bogged down from years of rules and... Click here Chris Baynes 06 Jun 2025
Opinion Will AI be the workforce saviour for delivering home care into retirement villages? It is our 100th edition, and we are looking forward at what is known to be coming and what the leading thinkers say is required across retirement living, home care and residential care to deliver best client outcomes, a positive bottom line and... Click here Chris Baynes 02 Jun 2025