Home Care

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Support at Home: six strategies every home care provider needs now

With the new Support at Home program launching on 1 July, home care providers have just weeks left to overhaul their systems, staffing, and service delivery – or risk falling behind. In a recent DCM Group webinar, sector leaders laid out six key strategies to succeed in this new era.

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Lauren Broomham

28 Apr 2025

Home Care

What will Support at Home mean for private aged care? Watch LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 videos - now available online

At the recent LEADERS SUMMIT 2025, James Wiltshire, Executive Director of the DCM Institute, asked Aaron Lavell, Director of Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities, and Byron Cannon, CEO of LDK Seniors’ Living, what the incoming Support at Home reforms...

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Caroline Egan

28 Apr 2025

Opinion

Aged care isn’t fixed – so why are we not talking about it?

If you tuned into yesterday’s National Press Club debate between Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, and Shadow Minister, Anne Ruston, hoping for a meaningful discussion on aged care – you would have been sorely disappointed.

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Lauren Broomham

24 Apr 2025

Aged Care

Anglicare Southern Queensland reveals new branding to take it into the future

Anglicare Southern Queensland, which has 28 aged care homes and 35,000 home care and disability customers, has refreshed its branding with the assistance of creative agency Hero. Chief Client Officer, Chloe Henry, says, “The changes will help enable us to better tell our story and connect with Queenslanders.“

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Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2025

Government Policy

“Legislated to make a loss”: Resthaven CEO Darren Birbeck calls for urgent action on aged care funding

The CEO of the South Australian Not For Profit has warned the Federal Government that aged care providers are being “legislated to make a loss” under current reforms, in his contribution to The Weekly SOURCE’s political wishlist series ahead of the 3 May Federal Election.

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Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2025

Home Care

$1.3M awarded, $18.7M left untouched: home care sector slams aged care IT grant rollout

Just 119 of Australia’s 1,600 home care providers have received funding under the Federal Government’s Aged Care Act Transition Support 2024–25 grant program, according to data published on GrantConnect.

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The price must be right: preparing for the new financial world of Support at Home

Home care operators are now just 51 business days away from a new program that will require them to toe the line between financial viability and the oversight of the regulator. It is time for blunt reality. From 1 July 2025, home care providers will...

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Lauren Broomham

11 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Aged Care Minister Anika Wells’ Brisbane 4BC radio interview turned to farce

“The theme of these questions is that the system’s impenetrable,“ said Aged Care Minister Anika Wells in an interview on 4BC radio with Peter Fegan about aged care.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Home Care

Support at Home reforms must be staged: HammondCare CEO Andrew Thorburn’s ‘political wishlist’

The next Government must move swiftly to address growing concerns and move to a staged implementation of Support at Home reforms, says Andrew Thorburn, CEO of HammondCare.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Housing News

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Housing News

15 new social homes planned for senior co-housing community in WA’s South West

“Whilst the project does not offer assisted living or nursing facilities, and each member is responsible for themselves, it is common in cohousing communities that if someone is sick, neighbours will help with activities like bringing them meals...

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Lauren Broomham

28 Apr 2025

Funding

Mareeba Community Housing Co granted extension to management of Community Housing for Seniors

The community at the base of Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland has more than 300 locals, including seniors, currently vulnerable to homelessness. Mareeba Community Housing Company (MCHC), which was given a three-year extension to its...

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Housing

Barossa Village revitalises underutilised land for the Buna/Kokoda housing project in Nuriootpa

Each of the five homes, which replaced two houses on the 2,400msq site in the town of Nuriootpa, the commercial centre of South Australia’s Barossa Valley, has been individually designed. “These are not one-size-fits-all units — they are...

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Ian Horswill

14 Apr 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

‘Affordable’ Aspen Group adds to portfolio with second WA land buy in six weeks

The ASX-listed affordable housing group announced last Wednesday it has entered a conditional contract to buy a new 18ha accommodation complex in Australind, a town 12km northeast of Bunbury’s CBD. Aspen Group, which serves the 40% of Australian...

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Ian Horswill

07 Apr 2025

Topic - Housing News

Sydney Anglican Property lodging DAs to renew two sites with housing for women over 55 included

Social and affordable housing is much-needed in Sydney’s southwest and two projects delivering almost 260 such homes have been successful under Round 1 of the Albanese Government’s Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF). However, as the Coalition...

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Community Living

Catholic Care in partnership to provide housing for women 55+

The Diocese of Parramatta’s social welfare agency is working with the Older Women’s Network Blue Mountains to address the plight of housing insecurity and homelessness for women aged 55 and over in the region on the outskirts of western Sydney...

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Ian Horswill

24 Mar 2025

Sector Moves & People

Former Ingenia Communities executive Kate Melrose appointed Non Executive Director of community housing provider Evolve Housing

Kate was a lead in the growth of the ASX-listed Ingenia Communities for 10 years, almost solely as Executive & General Manager Project Sales. She spent the final 10 months in a part-time role as Principal Advisor Stakeholder Engagement and...

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Ian Horswill

17 Mar 2025

Government

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Government Policy

The Retirement Living Council has been on a media blitz calling for ‘the right policy at the right time’ – to support seniors downsizing to retirement villages

RLC Executive Director Daniel Gannon has been featured across all medias spruiking the community benefit of raising the Age Pension Asset Cap from $315,00 to $550,000 and raising the Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) from $252,000. The Age Pension...

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Chris Baynes

28 Apr 2025

Opinion

Aged care isn’t fixed – so why are we not talking about it?

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Lauren Broomham

24 Apr 2025

Aged Care

“Impossible targets and no roadmap”: Clarence Village CEO Duncan McKimm calls for aged care policy reset

The CEO of Clarence Village, a stand-alone Not For Profit aged care provider in regional New South Wales, says aged care is being held back by unrealistic staffing mandates, a lack of infrastructure finance, and the absence of a national plan – warning the current system risks leaving 130,000 older Australians without care by 2035.

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Lauren Broomham

24 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Last-minute demand for new CHSP service agreements make 1 July deadline “truly impossible”: Ageing Australia

The aged care peak body Ageing Australia has warned that more than 830,000 older Australians could be left without essential services due to a surprise new requirement under the upcoming Aged Care Act. Under the change, Commonwealth Home Support...

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Lauren Broomham

23 Apr 2025

Government Policy

“Legislated to make a loss”: Resthaven CEO Darren Birbeck calls for urgent action on aged care funding

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Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2025

Home Care

$1.3M awarded, $18.7M left untouched: home care sector slams aged care IT grant rollout

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Caroline Egan

23 Apr 2025

Aged Care

Not For Profit Scalabrini will invest $750,000 in Aged Care Industry Labour Agreements in FY25 as 90 staff become permanent residents

Scalabrini CEO Richard de Haast and members of the board attended an afternoon tea earlier this month as the Not For Profit celebrated more than 70 of its staff becoming permanent residents of Australia, thanks to the Federal Government’s Aged Care Industry Labour Agreements.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Home Care

Support at Home reforms must be staged: HammondCare CEO Andrew Thorburn’s ‘political wishlist’

The next Government must move swiftly to address growing concerns and move to a staged implementation of Support at Home reforms, says Andrew Thorburn, CEO of HammondCare.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Opinion

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: aged care on a collision course with care minutes

With just 12 months until care minutes are linked with funding, residential aged care providers are facing a lose-lose scenario: lose funding if they understaff but fail to be compensated if they exceed targets, says Shalain Singh, Managing Director and CEO of Arrow Advisory Group.

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Lauren Broomham

17 Apr 2025

Health

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Sector Moves & People

Calvary Health Care announces McKinsey & Co’s Damien Bruce to become National CEO

McKinsey & Company consultant Damien Bruce has been appointed National CEO of Calvary Health Care, the Catholic health, home, and aged care provider, following the retirement of current National CEO Martin Bowles earlier this year.

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Caroline Egan

29 Apr 2025

Opinion

LEADERS SUMMIT 2025: ‘wellness’ and reablement should be key to future strategy for sector

Australia is already struggling to meet growing demand for care and support and this will only worsen with the ageing population - the focus must shift to reaching people before they require hospital-level treatment with much of the responsibility falling on aged care and retirement living operators.

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Lauren Broomham

20 Mar 2025

Home Care Delivery

Five Good Friends - revolutionising homecare: a self-service platform that connects people with the best care and health solutions in their community

Live well at home - Life changing care at home and helping people live engaged and successful lives in the homes & communities they love. All of Five Good Friends’ home service tools are available via our mobile app. NDIS approved

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Group Editor

26 Oct 2023

Funding

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Funding

Mareeba Community Housing Co granted extension to management of Community Housing for Seniors

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Ian Horswill

31 Mar 2025

Funding

Macquarie Bank reduces its substantial stake in Ingenia Communities

The global financial services group has continued to reduce its stake in the owner/operator of land lease and rental communities and holiday parks. Macquarie Bank had a significant voting power of 10.92% in April last year, but the substantial...

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Ian Horswill

15 Apr 2025

Sector Moves/People

John Innes departs club/retirement living JV group Pariter with Tom Roche assuming CEO position

After five years establishing Pariter and creating a pipeline of joint ventures with community and golf clubs, John Innes has handed the CEO role to Tom Roche. John Innes Tom has led numerous large real estate and infrastructure transactions for...

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Ian Horswill

07 Apr 2025

Funding

GemLife’s owners look at becoming a public company for second time

Adrian Puljich and Singapore’s Thakral Corporation have reached out to JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley to set up introductory meetings with listed equities investors to see if there is sufficient interest in an Initial Public Offering for GemLife...

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Ian Horswill

08 Apr 2025

Technology

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Technology

Amplar Health signs $1M deal with Visionflex for aged care virtual nursing pilot

The Medibank-owned innovator Amplar Health has signed a deal with ASX-listed telehealth firm Visionflex to provide software and hardware for the virtual nursing trial being conducted across 30 Australian aged care homes, commencing in July 2025 with five sites.

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Caroline Egan

17 Apr 2025

Technology

AlayaCare partners with Simple Foods to help aged care providers meet incoming food and nutrition standard

Leading aged care software provider AlayaCare has announced a partnership with Simple Foods, with plans to integrate the safety management and meal ordering software into its Residential Platform, helping providers more easily meet the incoming Aged Care Act Standard 6 related to food and nutrition.

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Caroline Egan

10 Apr 2025

Technology

Altura Learning launches new compact learning modules for aged care staff

As aged care workers face increasing demands on their time, Altura Learning has created a new range of compact learning modules designed to deliver streamlined content to the sector.

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Lauren Broomham

10 Apr 2025

Technology

100-year-old Joe receives care at home. Can we make this the rule not the exception?

Emma Cornwell, Executive GM Health Services with Australian Unity, and Bev Smith, Chief Commercial Officer with Amplar Health, told the Leaders Summit how scarce clinical resources can be assisted with virtual care.

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Caroline Egan

03 Apr 2025

Technology

After spending millions, a new report finds “gaps” in Govt’s aged care technology systems

“Standardised data sharing is vital to connected and coordinated care across the aged care sector,“ according to a new report by the CSIRO’s Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) and the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (DHCRC).

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Caroline Egan

27 Mar 2025

Technology

Amplar Health awarded $31.2M in Govt funding to trial virtual nurses in aged care

Medibank-owned Amplar Health will deliver virtual nursing services to residents in 30 aged care homes across Australia, with the trial focusing on rural and remote areas, and homes supporting older people from diverse backgrounds.

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Caroline Egan

27 Mar 2025

Technology

The most exciting potential uses for generative AI: leaders share their thoughts at Conversations at the Wharf

Will Egan, CEO of healthcare education platform Ausmed, says home care staff, who often work remotely and alone, will be able to use generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) with a verbal interface in the future to debrief after a difficult visit before they go on to their next client.

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Caroline Egan

27 Mar 2025

Technology

300,000+ homes power cut by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred but not this over 50s land lease community

More than 44,000 homes on the Gold Coast still remained without power when Prospecta Utilities CEO Mark Langdon spoke at the LEADERS SUMMIT in Sydney last Wednesday. He told how Prospecta Utilities’ private wireless 5G network at GemLife Gold...

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Ian Horswill

24 Mar 2025

Technology

The power of generative AI in aged care training: Conversations at the Wharf

At our latest DCM Group Conversations at the Wharf event, in attendance were Melissa Duffey, Executive Manager People, Feros Care; Nick Hansen, COO, Ozcare; Cara Benoit, Executive Leader People and Culture, Lutheran Services; and Will Egan, CEO, Ausmed.

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Caroline Egan

20 Mar 2025