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30 May 2025

Opal HealthCare’s cheeky marketing campaign inspires uptick in admissions

An Opal HealthCare advertising campaign featuring aged care residents living life to the full in the company of friends has not only sparked conversations about what it means to age well, it has resulted in increased enquiries and admissions in the locations the ads have been shown.

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Home Care

Average wait time for Home Care Packages blows out to seven months

A medium priority customer waiting for a Level 4 package is waiting on average 13 months to receive the care they have been assessed as needing.

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More than 500 aged care patients in Queensland hospital beds - how many nationally?

Queensland’s Health Minister, Tim Nicholls, has demanded the Federal Government invest more in building aged care beds in the state, saying of the 783 hospital patients waiting for an aged care bed: “This is a Commonwealth responsibility.“

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Aged care bed shortage will ‘bedevil’ hospitals: NSW Health Inquiry

A Special Inquiry into NSW’s public healthcare funding led by Commissioner Richard Beasley has recommended the NSW Government supplies aged care beds in circumstances were bed shortages are impacting hospital operations and care.

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160 aged care providers asked to take over Hunter Shire Council’s Gummun Place Hostel – only one responded

Upper Hunter Shire Council in NSW voted for the remaining 16 residents of Gummun House Hostel in Merriwa, 275km northwest of Sydney, be found alternative accommodation. Of 160 aged care providers contacted in January to submit an expression of interest in taking on the home’s operation, one replied.

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Government Policy

Liquidity ratios relief: Ageing Australia updates members on consultations

The peak body for aged care providers, Ageing Australia, has written to members informing them about information received from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission about how they can apply proposed new liquidity standards.

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Aged care providers on challenges of care minute targets: 2025 LEADERS SUMMIT videos available

A panel of three aged care CEOs, hosted by Managing Director and Founder of Anchor Excellence, Cynthia Payne, shared the advantages - and pitfalls - of being a mid-size provider at the 2025 LEADERS SUMMIT.

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Development

First sod turned on $60M Rockpool Hamilton Northshore aged care home in Brisbane

The private aged care operator founded by Bill Summers in 2016 has begun construction on the six-storey, 153-bed aged care home, with the first residents expected to move in early next year.

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Development

$1M per bed: Victorian Govt completes Rutherglen aged care home

The Victorian Government has completed the $57.1 million construction of a 50-bed aged care home in Rutherglen, located 300km northeast of Melbourne, population 3,000., which equates to $1 million a bed..

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News & Headlines

Clean up continues for aged care homes inundated after NSW deluge

The clean up from the floods on the NSW Mid North Coast continues, with support provided by hundreds of local staff often themselves personally impacted in efforts described by Whiddon CEO Chris Mamarelis as “the very best aged care represents”.

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Technology

Silverchain and Talius pilot Australia’s first AI virtual assistant for home care

The Not For Profit national home care provider and the ASX-listed digital health technology firm are piloting a conversational AI virtual assistant for home care, the first time such a platform has been used in Australia.

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Government Policy

Anne Ruston retains Shadow Health, Aged Care and Sport, takes on Disability and the NDIS

The South Australian Senator Anne Ruston has retained her Health, Aged Care and Sport portfolios in Sussan Ley’s new Shadow Cabinet, and has also taken on the additional responsibilities of Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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