Home Care

In SATURDAY: Will Support at Home be Armageddon for home care?

Oct 23 2025 Updated 7 hours ago

Caroline Egan

1 min read

Support at Home represents a firm nudge away from domestic assistance toward clinical care, wellness and reablement. The question is whether that nudge becomes a shove – and whether operators built on lower-level services can survive when they’re suddenly competing with Jim’s Mowing on one side and hospital-grade care on the other.

David Cox, CEO of WA provider Curtin Heritage, says they will restructure their operations to compete, and we also speak to Consultant Lorraine Poulos and Katie Symonds, Operations Manager for the Mornington Peninsular retirement village The Village Glen’s Flexicare services.

Will it be Armageddon, or a reckoning? To find out, read SATURDAY, published tomorrow. If you don't already subscribe, click here.

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