Community Living

Only in SATURDAY: “Not a huge fan of the RAC model” – Odyssey’s Business Development Manager, Rebecca Moraitis

Sep 19 2023 Updated September 19, 2023

Ian Horswill

1 min read

Low means, low care residents are completely ignored, says Rebecca, whose employer Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities operates under the Retirement Villages Act, in a revealing interview in SATURDAY.

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Breaking news: Government delays new Aged Care Act

Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler and Minister for Aged Care and Seniors Sam Rae announced this morning that commencement of the new Aged Care Act on 1 July 2025 will be delayed four months until 1 November 2025.

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Caroline Egan

17 hours ago

Government Policy

RLC and StewartBrown lobbying sees retirement village operators’ proposed liquidity ratio cut from 10% to 2%

Daniel Gannon, Executive Director of the Retirement Living Council, said the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s proposal to make residential aged care providers operating independent living units (ILUs) and retirement villages retain 10% of ILU and retirement village refundable amounts as liquid funds from 1 July this year, has been reduced to 2%.

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Sector Moves & People

ECH Chief Executive Claire Scapinello resigns after three years in role

In a surprise move, Claire has left South Australia’s largest retirement living provider just months after being elected Vice-President of the peak body, the Retirement Living Council, in February.

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Ian Horswill

22 May 2025

Sector Moves & People

Land lease operator GemLife eyes $700M+ raise at $2B valuation

GemLife’s bankers, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Highbury Partnership, took about two dozen fund managers through four sites in Queensland on Monday and Tuesday last week, ahead of a non-deal roadshow planned for Asia this week as the business...

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Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

“Admission of failure”: Opposition slam Govt’s delay to new Aged Care Act

Shadow Minister for Health, Aged Care and Sport Senator Anne Ruston has criticised the Government’s decision to delay aged care reforms, saying the Opposition proposed changes that would have given the sector more time, which were not backed by the Government.

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Fiji a “growth area” for aged care workers under PALM scheme

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong said plans are underway to boost the number of aged care workers coming to Australia under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme, noting aged care is a growing focus of the program.

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COVID-19 cases in aged care homes surge 50% in one week

There were 903 COVID-19 cases among aged care residents in the week to 29 May 2025, up from just 600 the previous week, according to the latest data from the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing (DOHDA).

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Caroline Egan

12 hours ago

The Weekly SOURCE

Sector Moves & People

Twilight Aged Care names ex-PwC health consultant as new CEO

Twilight Aged Care, which operates five aged care homes and a retirement village in the north and western suburbs of Sydney, has appointed Niamh Mannion CEO, replacing Neil Wendt.

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Caroline Egan

12 hours ago