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SA’s Lutheran Homes Group expands into Victoria with two regional retirement village and aged care home acquisitions

Adelaide-based aged care, home care, and retirement living provider Lutheran Homes Group (LHG) is expanding beyond South Australia for the first time, acquiring two stand-alone Lutheran retirement villages and aged care homes in regional Victoria..

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Lauren Broomham

11 hours ago

Technology

Exclusive: Anglicare slashes workforce turnover from 30% to 14% with Workday AI platform

Anglicare Sydney is reporting significant gains in recruitment, retention, and workforce efficiency across its aged care operations following the implementation of Workday’s Human Capital Management (HCM) platform.

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Lauren Broomham

29 May 2025

Opinion

Home care hellscape: why the wait list should be the new Minister’s first priority

On paper, Australia’s home care system is expanding. Another 107,000 Home Care Packages are set to be rolled out from 1 July. But for many older Australians, that help will come too late – if it comes at all. As we report in this issue, average...

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Lauren Broomham

29 May 2025

Development

Over 50% of Ryman Healthcare Australia’s final stage at Nellie Melba sold

Six years after its initial opening, Ryman Healthcare Australia is preparing to unveil the final stage of its Nellie Melba Retirement Village in Wheelers Hill, 25km southeast of Melbourne’s CBD – with over 50% of the new apartments already under...

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Lauren Broomham

26 May 2025

Retirement and Community Living

Oceania Healthcare lifts FY25 earnings on sales momentum, strategic reset underway

NZX-listed Oceania Healthcare has reported an underlying EBITDA of $86.0 million for the year ended 31 March 2025, a 4.1% increase on FY24, driven by steady sales momentum and an accelerated sell-down of stock. Sales volumes for FY25 reached 520...

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Why the new Aged Care Act is a golden opportunity for boards

With weeks to go before the 1 July rollout of the new Aged Care Act and Support at Home program, one message is clear: governance is no longer a back-office function. It’s a frontline enabler of quality, innovation, and trust. The aged care sector...

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Executive spotlight

Over 3,000 operators provide retirement living, aged care and support in the home to more than 1.5 million older Australians. 360,000 staff and 100,000 suppliers are engaged every day. It’s a $30 billion a year sector delivering vital services for...

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Opinion: providers and communities are stepping up – it’s time Governments caught up

With an ageing population nearing crisis levels, Australia’s aged care sector can no longer afford to wait for someone else to fix the problem. Funding shortfalls persist. Home Care Package waitlists continue to grow. Regional and rural services...

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Fighting to stay open: how a regional cooperative could reshape aged care in Australia

When Karen Hodgson (pictured above) walks into her 19-bed aged care facility in Coleambally, a small town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, she doesn’t just see residents and staff – she sees a community fighting to survive. Like many...

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Staying in Place: the rural WA model keeping older Australians at home and in community

In the small Wheatbelt town of Pingelly, Western Australia, an innovative aged care model is quietly transforming lives – and it’s being led not by bureaucrats or large operators, but by the community itself. At the heart of this success is...

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The 90-bed sweet spot: why scale matters in aged care – and why it’s harder in the regions

As aged care providers grapple with thin operating margins, workforce shortages, and mounting regulatory pressures, one question looms large: what size does a residential aged care facility need to be to stay viable – now and into the future?...

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Gummun Place Hostel on the brink: the crisis facing small, regional aged care homes

The small Hunter Valley aged care facility is on the edge of collapse – bleeding over $1 million a year and facing a grim financial future with no buyers, no funding, and no clear way forward. The 16-bed facility (pictured above), run by Upper...

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Issue 99 | The fight to save regional aged care

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Lauren Broomham

23 May 2025