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Leading Not For Profit Calvary Health Care in deal with Salesforce for new home care platform

Not For Profit integrated health care organisation Calvary Health Care has selected Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform Salesforce to develop technology provide a seamless healthcare experience for clients, aged care residents, patients, and

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Government Policy

“The Acting Inspector-General of Aged Care does not commonly issue statements” but...

The Acting Inspector-General of Aged Care has issued a Statement highlighting the Aged Care Taskforce’s omission of any details about a “needs-based framework” for aged care services in its Final Report. The Statement outlines the parallels between...

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Aged Care

400% increase in aged care job applications: Anglicare Sydney

dfasdfdasfasdf Yvette McDonald Chief People and Customer Officer, Anglicare Sydney Our residential care workforce has seen a significant turnaround due to both internal and external factors. Internally: we have focused on residential manager...

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Government Policy

Ageing population sees hospitals “at breaking point” and it is going to get worse: AMA

Emergency wait times are the longest in a decade and surgery wait times are at their longest ever, according to the 2024 Public Hospital Report Card, an annual report that uses data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to pinpoint...

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Government Policy

National Aged Care Advisory Council on Aged Care Taskforce Final Report and new Aged Care Act

You can read the communique here

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Government Policy

Juniper CEO Russell Bricknell appointed Chair of the Aged Care Workforce Remote Accord

Russell Bricknell, CEO of WA’s largest Not For Profit local aged care provider, Juniper, has been appointed Chair of The Aged Care Workforce Remote Accord, a group of aged care employers and experts helping solve aged care workforce issues in remote...

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Government Policy

“Any delay to pay rise will only add to the aged care sector’s workforce crisis”

The Opposition and unions have hit back at the Government’s attempt to phase in aged care worker pay rises of up to 13.5% by almost two years, a position announced late last Friday afternoon.

Caroline Egan
18 Apr 2024
Home Care

Aged care regulator to increase audits as one-third of home care operators found to be non-compliant

66% of home care providers do not comply with all 8 Quality Standards, according to the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission 66-page Sector Performance Report for the December 2023 quarter.

Caroline Egan
16 Apr 2024
Government Policy

Kantar Public awarded new $440,000 contract to “inform future aged care policy”

The Federal Government has contracted Kantar Public Australia for the political consultant’s second aged care project, this time to conduct “Aged Care Policy Research” at a cost of $440,000 for the Department of Health and Aged Care.

Caroline Egan
18 Apr 2024
Housing News
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Housing

Anglicare Sydney opens new Over 55s social housing site at Port Kembla

Growthbuilt has built 30 studio apartments as social housing for over 55s for the Not for Profit on the former Steelworks Hotel site in the Wollongong suburb, 94km south of Sydney’s CBD. The $10 million development has been jointly funded by the NSW...

Ian Horswill
22 Apr 2024
Development

Hitting new heights: New split-level land lease homes at GemLife Gold Coast from $1.2M

The $200 million land lease resort under construction in Pimpama, a northern suburb in the City of Gold Coast, has already taken more than $72 million in sales. Now the Over-50s lifestyle resort developer has launched its most expensive homes: 39...

Ian Horswill
22 Apr 2024
Housing

Micro apartments: “The opposition we received, the costs... and the objections faced... was nothing short of extraordinary – and quite disheartening”

177 people applied for the 54 affordable Sydney teilhaus, or micro apartments, in a six-year project led by Fresh Hope Communities CEO Dan Dwyer and Melbourne-based Nightingale Housing CEO Dan McKenna. It was all smiles as NSW Minister for Housing...

Ian Horswill
22 Apr 2024
Opinion

Cam Ansell predicts private aged care in retirement villages is the growth service

About 11 years ago Cam Ansell jumped ship from advisory group Grant Thornton to establish his own advisory group, Ansell Strategic. Today he is at the forefront of the reshaping of retirement living and aged care, thanks to his in-demand mergers and...

Chris Baynes
26 Mar 2024
Retirement and Community Living

Only in SATURDAY: Retirement living energy revolution stores and distributes power and provides your own 5G network

With power prices increasing 40% in the past two years, and power outages becoming more commonplace, Mondo and Prospecta Utilities are offering something never experienced before in a retirement community. Mondo Business and Market Development...

Ian Horswill
25 Mar 2024
Housing News

Fresh Hope Communities moves into affordable living with innovating Nightingale Housing

The Not For Profit retirement living and aged care provider is launching a Build To Rent development with Melbourne-based Nightingale Housing in Marrickville, in Sydney’s Inner West. Designed by SJB, Nightingale Marrickville will have 54...

Ian Horswill
19 Feb 2024
Not for Profit

Only in SATURDAY: Community Home Australia (CHA) weighs up Bali ‘village’ for Aussie expats

The ink is barely dry on the deposit for its first international resort in Bali, but the innovative dementia care and disability provider already sees further opportunities to expand into accommodation for the growing Australian expat community. As...

Lauren Broomham
13 Feb 2024
Government
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Government Policy

IHACPA seeks additional costing data from providers on top of QFS and ACFR

The Independent Hospital and Aged Care Pricing authority (IHACPS), which provides the Government with evidence-based advice on the cost of delivering aged care services, asks aged care providers for costing data to help them form their...

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Aged Care

Low vaccination rates may have impacted death rates in residential aged care

A lack of vaccination data The vaccination campaign began on 22 February 2021, and was criticised for being rolled out too late. Vaccinations in residential aged care were also criticised for being too slow. When the Omicron outbreak began in...

Caroline Egan
24 Apr 2024
Government Policy

Aged Care Minister Mark Butler’s big change for residential aged care

The Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler announced during the week that pharmacists will be funded by the Government to go into residential aged care homes and deliver vaccines to residents for free, a measure that was previously only...

Caroline Egan
24 Apr 2024
Government Policy

“The Acting Inspector-General of Aged Care does not commonly issue statements” but...

The Acting Inspector-General of Aged Care has issued a Statement highlighting the Aged Care Taskforce’s omission of any details about a “needs-based framework” for aged care services in its Final Report. The Statement outlines the parallels between...

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Aged Care

400% increase in aged care job applications: Anglicare Sydney

dfasdfdasfasdf Yvette McDonald Chief People and Customer Officer, Anglicare Sydney Our residential care workforce has seen a significant turnaround due to both internal and external factors. Internally: we have focused on residential manager...

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Government Policy

Ageing population sees hospitals “at breaking point” and it is going to get worse: AMA

Emergency wait times are the longest in a decade and surgery wait times are at their longest ever, according to the 2024 Public Hospital Report Card, an annual report that uses data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare to pinpoint...

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Government Policy

National Aged Care Advisory Council on Aged Care Taskforce Final Report and new Aged Care Act

You can read the communique here

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Government Policy

Juniper CEO Russell Bricknell appointed Chair of the Aged Care Workforce Remote Accord

Russell Bricknell, CEO of WA’s largest Not For Profit local aged care provider, Juniper, has been appointed Chair of The Aged Care Workforce Remote Accord, a group of aged care employers and experts helping solve aged care workforce issues in remote...

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Government Policy

New Quality Standards will come into effect with new Aged Care Act: Department confirms

The Department of Health and Aged Care has confirmed that the strengthened Aged Care Quality Standards will be rolled out at the same time as the new Aged Care Act. “The strengthened Standards have been finalised and will come into effect in line...

Caroline Egan
11 Apr 2024
Health
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Government Policy

Aged Care Minister Mark Butler’s big change for residential aged care

The Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler announced during the week that pharmacists will be funded by the Government to go into residential aged care homes and deliver vaccines to residents for free, a measure that was previously only...

Caroline Egan
24 Apr 2024
Opinion

Opinion: Hospital wait times are a dire sign of the future that awaits ageing Australia

The latest data shows hospital beds are at a premium – and older Australians are the most likely to miss out. Is there a solution? As we report in this issue, emergency wait times are at their longest in a decade while surgery wait times are at...

Lauren Broomham
23 Apr 2024
Ageing

Retirement Living operator Aveo’s Baby Boomers survey reveals they want to live independently with services available

Australia’s leading retirement living owner and operator has released the findings of its Ageing Australia Study, a survey of more than 1,000 Baby Boomers, now aged between 58 to 77. Its findings show the Boomers want to reinvent living to focus on...

Ian Horswill
09 Apr 2024
Finance
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Development

Exclusive: Retirement by Moran finalises purchase of huge Wesley Taylor Village on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and reveals development vision

Managing Director Sally Taylor said Retirement by Moran can now proceed with plans to redevelop the whole of the 9,234sqm site of The Wesley Mission’s Wesley Taylor Village and Residential Aged Care home adjacent to the beach at Narrabeen. They took...

Ian Horswill
22 Apr 2024
Finance

RetireAustralia back up for sale by owners Infratil and NZ Super for $1B+

The owner/operator of 29 retirement villages, which is about to open its sector-leading Aged Care Hub at The Verge At Burleigh on the Gold Coast, follows Aveo’s announcement it is selling 16 villages. After Mirvac and Pacific Equity Partners each...

Ian Horswill
22 Apr 2024
Opinion

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
Finance

$100M for new CHSP providers to wipe out the backlog

You can access information about the grant here

Caroline Egan
18 Apr 2024
Technology
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Technology

Leading Not For Profit Calvary Health Care in deal with Salesforce for new home care platform

Not For Profit integrated health care organisation Calvary Health Care has selected Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform Salesforce to develop technology provide a seamless healthcare experience for clients, aged care residents, patients, and

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Technology

Only in SATURDAY: will telehealth carts be the new norm for retirement villages and aged care?

Sydney-based aged care and retirement living provider Royal Freemasons’ Benevolent Institution (RFBI) has invested $300,000 to support its large footprint in rural and regional areas where many residents struggle to access healthcare quickly. The...

Lauren Broomham
22 Apr 2024
Technology

Only in SATURDAY: the virtual hub bridging the aged care nursing gap

Read more in this week’s edition of our premium digital magazine, SATURDAY

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Sector Moves & People

Aged care training provider Altura Learning appoints Paul Goudie CEO

Aged care training provider Altura Learning, which is owned by Australia’s largest independent Not For Profit aged care provider, Bolton Clarke, had appointed education and technology expert Paul Goudie as its new CEO, effective 5 April 2024. Paul...

Caroline Egan
23 Apr 2024
Technology

Only in SATURDAY WORKFORCE ISSUE: Anglicare cuts hiring time in aged care to just 13 days

Find out how in our premium digital magazine SATURDAY. Subscribe here

Caroline Egan
11 Apr 2024
Technology

Is this the future of aged care? Tanunda Lutheran Home employs 10th robot with Chat GPT-enabled companion robot trial

Regional South Australian aged care provider Tanunda Lutheran Home (TLH) is trialling its 10th robot - a Chat GPT-enabled companion robot which has been developed by US-based Andromeda Robotics. The ‘Abi Robot’ will arrive at the 120-bed TLH in...

Caroline Egan
11 Apr 2024
Technology

IRT’s AI falls predictor technology wins iTnews Benchmark Awards 2024

Technology developed by Not For Profit retirement living, aged care and home care provider IRT that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to prevent falls among older people has won Australian Technology Project of the Year and Best Health Project in...

Caroline Egan
04 Apr 2024
Technology

Lifestyle Communities partner with Mondo for largest residential solar microgrid at Lifestyle Meridian

With power bills already cut by up to 30% it is highly likely the nine homes for sale at the Over 50s lifestyle community in Clyde North, 46km southeast of Melbourne’s CBD will be snapped up quickly. Lifestyle Communities Co-Founder and Managing...

Ian Horswill
02 Apr 2024
Technology

Only in SATURDAY: What is keeping CIOs awake at night?

Read the article in this week’s edition of SATURDAY. Subscribe here

Caroline Egan
28 Mar 2024
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