Home Care

Awards

Nurse Next Door home care services named Franchisor of the Year with phenomenal five-year growth story

In 2019, Nurse Next Door was a single local operation in Australia, but today the franchisor has a national network of 57 franchise partners, 77 territories, and nearly 3,000 caregivers, and is on track to be in 100 territories by the end of the year.

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Productivity Commission’s Interim Report on Care recommends merging aged care and NDIS

The Productivity Commission (PC)’s Interim Report on Delivering Care More Efficiently, written at the request of the Federal Government and published ahead of next week’s Economic Reform Roundtable, recommends a single regulator across aged care, the NDIS and veterans’ care in six years.

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What is the Henry VIII provision in the new Aged Care Bill?

The only hearing of the Senate Inquiry into the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025 and Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 (ACOLA) was held last Friday in Canberra, allowing little time, and at short notice, to interrogate the Bills.

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Sector Moves/People

Nick O’Callaghan named CEO of home care provider integratedliving

The former Executive General Manager of Australian Unity, and Interim CEO of myHomecare Group, has been appointed to lead the Not For Profit home care provider.

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Legal Issues

Home care operator Annecto placed in liquidation, may have traded while insolvent

At a second Creditors Meeting held on Monday this week (11 August 2025), disability and home care support services provider Annecto was officially placed into liquidation after 70 years in operation.

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ACH Group’s new ads inspired by real-life experiences of home care clients

Leading South Australian home care provider ACH Group has launched a new advertising campaign highlighting the everyday challenges of ageing and the positive impact of home care services. CEO Linda Feldt says the campaign was, “Inspired by customer insight”.

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Australian Unity ad campaign “rewrites the rules of living”

Australia’s largest home care provider, Australian Unity, has launched a new advertising campaign, with CEO Prue Bowden saying they aimed to challenge outdated perceptions of ageing and celebrate older Australians.

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Disability support platform Hireup enters home care market

Hireup, Australia’s largest NDIS-approved online platforms for disability support workers, has expanded to provide a much-needed home care workers, with co-founder and CEO Laura O’Reilly saying, “We can deliver workforce capacity at scale without compromising on quality or continuity.”

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Exclusive: Department releases Support at Home templates for service agreements

The Department of Health, Disability and Ageing has released templates for new services agreements and a range of other materials to help home care providers meet their obligation of establishing or varying agreements with customers in preparation for the rollout of Support at Home on 1 November 2025.

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Aged Care and Seniors Minister seeks extension on Senator’s request for information

The Aged Care Minister’s office has sought an extension on the request last week in the Senate from Greens Senator Penny Allman-Payne for the release of all communication between the Department and the Minister’s office about aged care assessment wait times and the financial impact on consumers of the incoming reforms.

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07 Aug 2025

Home care leaders on not having any new Home Care Packages

New Home Care Packages are only being released when someone on a package passes or enters residential aged care. With 87,597 older Australians waiting for the level of Home Care they have been assessed as needing in the March quarter, providers are bearing the brunt.

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07 Aug 2025

New aged care laws face second Senate grilling

Two new aged care reform bills – the Aged Care and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025 and the Aged Care (Accommodation Payment Security) Levy Amendment Bill 2025 – will face fresh scrutiny in a second Senate inquiry.

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