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Aged Care Minister writes to remind providers of staff training obligations

The Minister for Aged Care Sam Rae has written to aged care providers reminding them of their legislated requirement to ensure staff receive training, including rostered paid time to fulfil the obligation.

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Caroline Egan

11 Sep 2025

Government Policy

Pocock: Rationed home care “doesn’t make sense”

Following his Senate victory last week that forced the Government to commit to immediately releasing 20,000 Home Care Packages, ACT Senator David Pocock says he will continue to hold the Government to account on aged care.

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Caroline Egan

10 Sep 2025

Living with Dementia

Westmont CEO: “This is the hardest I’ve found aged care in 15 years”

“I’ve been working in aged care for 15 years directly and this is the hardest I’ve found it,“, says Tony Dunn, CEO Westmont Aged Care Services in Baranduda, Victoria. He has secured bank financing after twice being rejected by the Australian Government for grants to fund 30 dementia care beds.

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Caroline Egan

10 Sep 2025

Home Care

60% of CHSP clients still waiting on Home Care Packages, warns Community Vision CEO

Perth-based Not For Profit provider Community Vision says nearly 450 of its customers remain stuck on waitlists for Home Care Packages, despite being assessed as needing higher levels of care.

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Caroline Egan

10 Sep 2025

Redevelopments

Construction begins on Australia’s first timber aged care home

After a “long gestation,” work has finally begun on the extension and refurbishment of Hardi Aged Care Blacktown, 45km west of the Sydney CBD, architect John Flower has confirmed.

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Caroline Egan

10 Sep 2025

Government Policy

Just 12% of aged care homes take up Govt funded on-site pharmacist

A year into the Federal Government’s $334 million on-site pharmacist program, fewer than 300 aged care homes have signed on.

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Caroline Egan

10 Sep 2025

Aged Care

Lutheran Services expands “proven” aged care nurse practitioner model

The Queensland Not For Profit is doubling down on its nurse practitioner-led aged care model, with new Federal funding set to expand the program across eight sites and provide proof it can ease pressure on hospitals and GPs.

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Caroline Egan

10 Sep 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Opal HealthCare powers ahead with triple Victorian acquisition

Australia’s largest aged care operator, Opal HealthCare, has added three more homes to its Victorian footprint after completing the acquisition of Australian Aged Care Group (AACG) on 1 September 2025.

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Caroline Egan

09 Sep 2025

Home Care

Home care boards falling short on independent director rules, regulator finds

An Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) review of 30 home care providers, conducted between April and June 2025, has identified the requirement to have a majority independent non-executive directors on the board as a key area of non-compliance.

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Caroline Egan

05 Sep 2025

Development

Arcare to open 733 beds in 2025 as newest home welcomes residents

The country’s largest family-owned aged care operator has opened its fourth aged care home this year, welcoming the first residents to its two-storey, 91-bed Arcare Croydon, 35km east of the Melbourne CBD.

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Caroline Egan

05 Sep 2025

Development

VIC Govt employs robotics in construction of Cohuna aged care home

Construction of the $41.1M Cohuna Public Sector Residential Aged Care home in Victoria, 275km north of Melbourne, has passed an important milestone, after structural works were completed with the help of a robotic set-out machine.

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Caroline Egan

04 Sep 2025

Living with Dementia

Aged care providers disincentivised to accept residents living with dementia, says CEO

Alasdair Croydon, CEO of standalone provider Holy Family Services, a Not For Profit that operates 146-bed Brother Albert’s Home in Marayong, western Sydney, says aged care providers are disincentivised to accept residents with dementia from hospital.

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Caroline Egan

04 Sep 2025

Aged Care

Only in SATURDAY: Does BaptistCare’s merger provide a blueprint for Not For Profit consolidation?

The BaptistCare (NSW, ACT, WA), Baptcare (VIC, SA, TAS), and Baptist Care SA merger in November 2024 created a $1.3 billion giant. In the latest edition of SATURDAY, CEO Charles Moore believes it could set the template for how Not For Profits survive in today’s customer-driven market.

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Caroline Egan

04 Sep 2025