Maryborough in Central Victoria wins approval for a 108 ILU village

Jan 24 2012 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Much needed extra village accommodation in Maryborough (population 7,700) has been approved by Central Goldfields Shire. This village will add to Vasey RSLs village in the town.

Exclusive: Aveo to sell off its retirement villages in South Australia and Tasmania

Tony Randello, CEO of the nation’s leading retirement village provider, said the impending sale of its 16 retirement villages in South Australia and Tasmania “aligns with Aveo’s regular strategic review of opportunities across its portfolio”. The...

Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2024

Opinion

Opinion: what could be on the table for aged care on Budget night?

With just over four weeks until the 2024-25 Federal Budget is announced on 14 May, anticipation is building for Treasurer Jim Chalmers to restore some much-needed certainty to the aged care sector. As we report in this issue, the Shadow Minister for...

Lauren Broomham

11 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

Development

Seniors housing faces becoming “the roadkill of the NSW planning system”

Two major policies recently exhibited by the NSW Department of Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure (DPHI) could have major implications on seniors housing, said Ethos Urban Director Daniel West. The Weekly SOURCE stated last Tuesday that Daniel...

Ian Horswill

16 Apr 2024

The burning physical, moral and financial question for village operators: how to exit frail residents?

We have been talking about this for some time, but now others are waking up to the significant calamity emerging for village operators. CBRE has just released is 2024 Seniors Living Report which states that (over the last 3 to 4 years) “in reality...

Chris Baynes

23 Jan 2024

The Village Professional

4,335 new village homes and $1.73B a year required to maintain retirement village penetration – but marketing courage is required

This week I received an email from Alok Kumar, CEO of Omega Communities in Adelaide, asking if we had information on retirement village penetration in New Zealand and Australia. It is a subject worth revisiting for all RV operators. The New...

Section Editor

12 Apr 2022

The Village Professional

First sod turned on RetireAustralia QLD’s The Green in Brisbane

Work has begun on RetireAustralia’s $80 million development The Green in Tarragindi, 8km south of Brisbane’s CBD. We reported on the joint ventures of retirement villages and golf clubs last year and RetireAustralia, whose CEO is Dr Brett...

The Weekly Source

31 Aug 2021

The Village Professional

Village customers stronger than ever, despite or because of COVID

It shows that last year in September just under 3,800 people searched for a retirement village each day on villages. com. au

The Weekly Source

24 Sep 2020