SATURDAY Issue 88

New and established village and land lease communities are taking up embedded network strategies – why?

Embedded networks are not a new concept for retirement living – but Prospecta Utilities is taking the technology to a new level by opening the door to a suite of financially innovative and sustainable solutions that is winning land lease community and village operators (and residents).

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Opinion: the case for professional development in retirement living

The ABC’s recent 7.30 exposé identified that the retirement village sector has become complacent. Less than 35% of village operators have committed to the Code of Conduct and mandatory training for village staff, required to head off further...

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Lisa Ciantar is a 10-year veteran village manager; she is also a DCM Institute top scorer in ongoing professional development – ‘it’s business critical’

Lisa has earned over 2,000 Professional Development points, which requires up to 600 hours to achieve. This places Lisa in the DCM Institute Top 50. The days of Village Managers simply being a property manager are over – today’s Village Manager...

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Just launched: the StewartBrown Retirement Living Performance Report

All retirement living operators need to know about this exciting new initiative. The respected aged care benchmarking accountants will now provide an independent survey and report for the retirement living sector advocacy. This week StewartBrown is...

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The two legal problems keeping Village Managers awake at night

The two legal problems keeping Village Managers awake at night The DCM Institute’s legal partners say there are two key issues that Village Managers raise consistently at its DCMI Professional Development Days. The duty of care of retirement...

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DCM Institute: putting trust back in Village Management

Six years ago, the retirement village residents’ associations pinpointed ‘trust’ and communication and respect’ as the biggest challenges facing the relationship between residents, Village Managers and operators. Where does that relationship...

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Price escalation strong across Retirement Living and Aged Care: on the road with the DCM Group

DCM’s latest tour of land lease communities, retirement villages and aged care up to the NSW mid North Coast has confirmed that the demand for quality retirement living and residential aged care shows no sign of slowing down. While sales enquiry has...

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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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Lauren Broomham

08 Nov 2024