Topic - Aged Care

Estia achieves DA approval in just nine months for 120 place aged care home at Aberglasslyn (Hunter Region)

Aug 25 2020 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Designed and submitted by ThomsonAdsett Architects, the 9,000sqm home is designed on the ‘small house’ model championed by the Royal Commission.

Each will have approximately 20 beds.

The lead architect is Robert Puflett.

Exclusive: Aveo to sell off its retirement villages in South Australia and Tasmania

Tony Randello, CEO of the nation’s leading retirement village provider, said the impending sale of its 16 retirement villages in South Australia and Tasmania “aligns with Aveo’s regular strategic review of opportunities across its portfolio”. The...

Ian Horswill

16 Apr 2024

Opinion

Opinion: what could be on the table for aged care on Budget night?

With just over four weeks until the 2024-25 Federal Budget is announced on 14 May, anticipation is building for Treasurer Jim Chalmers to restore some much-needed certainty to the aged care sector. As we report in this issue, the Shadow Minister for...

Lauren Broomham

11 Apr 2024

Development

Seniors housing faces becoming “the roadkill of the NSW planning system”

Two major policies recently exhibited by the NSW Department of Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure (DPHI) could have major implications on seniors housing, said Ethos Urban Director Daniel West. The Weekly SOURCE stated last Tuesday that Daniel...

Ian Horswill

16 Apr 2024

Sector Moves & People

HammondCare names Andrew Thorburn successor to CEO Mike Baird

Andrew Thorburn, the former CEO of National Australia Bank and the Bank of New Zealand, has been appointed the next CEO of Not For Profit health and aged care provider HammondCare, replacing Mike Baird AO at the beginning of June. HammondCare Board...

Ian Horswill

08 Apr 2024

Opinion: Government’s bid to stagger latest aged care wage rise reflects need for funding reform

The aged care is facing competition from childcare and other sectors in its bid for a Government-funded wages boost. As we reported as soon as the submission was reported last Friday, the Federal Government has committed to fully funding the Fair...

Lauren Broomham

18 Apr 2024

Opinion

The “New” model for a Silver Decade for retirement living operators

Optimism, the title of LEADERS SUMMIT 2024, continues to be the dominant theme in the retirement village sector as we move towards the end of the financial year. In this issue, we report on Mark Bindon’s speech at LEADERS SUMMIT where he revealed...

Chris Baynes

16 Apr 2024

Opinion

With little retirement living development taking place in NSW, these four people are fighting for change

The Retirement Living Council states there will be a shortfall of 49,000 seniors housing independent living units (ILUs) just to keep up with the current penetration rate by 2030. With only low levels of construction for seniors housing underway...

Chris Baynes

09 Apr 2024