News & Headlines

Albanese Government again seeks to phase in aged care workers’ pay rises

The Australian Government late on 12 April 2024 has advised the Fair Work Commission (FWC) it again wants to phase in the pay rises recommended for direct aged car workers. The indirect workers will receive the recommended pay rise in full on 1 January 2025.

Ian Horswill

12 Apr 2024

Meet the team

DCM Executive Recruitment finds quality candidates for operators – fast

In the retirement village sector, recruitment has traditionally been a reactionary function: filling roles as they become available. With unemployment now below 4% nationally, businesses find themselves operating in a competitive labour market...

Ian Horswill

09 Apr 2024

In the Headlines

LEADERS SUMMIT 2024: Watch and listen to the speeches from Aged Care Taskforce member Grant Corderoy, HammondCare CEO Mike Baird, and MinterEllison’s Penny Eden and Deanna McMaster

The speeches from the DCM Group’s LEADERS SUMMIT 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Sydney on 19 and 20 March 2024 continue to be discussed. The video of Group Homes Australia Founder and Executive Director Tamar Krebs and DCM Group CEO Chris Baynes is the...

Ian Horswill

09 Apr 2024

Out of the Ordinary

Mirvac CEO Campbell Hanan backs Stockland CEO Tarun Gupta’s novel land lease idea

With it becoming a major land lease operator after buying a 47% stake in Serenitas, it is not a surprise that the Mirvac boss has spoken publicly about allowing more first home buyers to enter the housing market by acquiring a home without land in...

Ian Horswill

02 Apr 2024

Aged Care

Families paying $80 a day for private aged care in Thailand: 60 Minutes

An example of one such home is Vivo Bene, where Australian Brad Roberts is manager. “This is how it’s meant to be, this is how our elders should be cared for, this is what they deserve,“ Brad told 60 Minutes

Caroline Egan

28 Mar 2024

Awards

Look at the house prices at Stockland’s B by Halcyon, UDIA National Awards winner

Launched in February 2020, only 15 sites remain at the former sugar cain farm in Buderim, 91km north of Brisbane, that spans 25ha surrounded by nature. The first two-bedroom Stockland B By Halcyon homes sold for XXX and now residents must pay at...

Ian Horswill

26 Mar 2024

Out of the Ordinary

Seniors to live in 43sqm homes in social housing trial in Perth, Western Australia

Four seniors from the public housing list are going to be the first to live in tiny houses being proposed for social housing in the State. Western Australian Government Housing Minister John Carey unveiled the Summit Homes’ tiny homes in...

Ian Horswill

25 Mar 2024

In the Headlines

This man has single-handedly killed Aspen’s takeover of Over 55s rental community provider Eureka

Eureka, the only pure-play over 55s rental accommodation provider in Australia, has told the ASX that Filetron, the business owned by Ben Cottle, founder, primary shareholder and Non-Executive Chairman of the FDC Group of companies, does not intend...

Ian Horswill

22 Mar 2024

In the Headlines

Direct care workers pay boosted by up to 28.5%, as indirect care workers get 6.8% increase: FWC

Personal care workers and assistants in nursing working in residential aged care facilities and home care workers this afternoon received long-awaited pay rises. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) awarded: Personal Care Workers (PCW): Extra 18.2% to...

Ian Horswill

15 Mar 2024

News & Issues

LEADERS SUMMIT 2024: the sector needs Leadership and Responsibility: Chris Baynes CEO DCM Group

The lack of new aged care beds being built is a ‘nation challenge’ that requires responsibility and leadership from the sector to rectify, rather than simply pointing to the government to act, was a cornerstone of presentations made at the...

Chris Baynes

21 Mar 2024

News & Headlines

Wesley Mission QLD and Amana Living to trial unique model of care for LGBTQ+ community

A best practice model of care for older members of the LGBTQ+ community is being developed in a collaboration between universities, peak bodies, aged care providers, and LGBTQ+ organisations, and will be trialled in 19 aged care homes before being...

Caroline Egan

21 Mar 2024

Sector Moves & People

Former mortgage and finance broker Emma Benjamin crowned WA Village Manager of the Year

Masonic Care WA’s Manager of Retirement Villages, Emma Benjamin, is the final State and Territory winner to be nominated for the National Village Manager of the Year title. Emma, who has been employed at the operator of Retirement Living...

Ian Horswill

18 Mar 2024

News & Issues

ACT Retirement Villages Residents Association receives $25,000 grant

The ACT Government has given the funding for the residents’ body in the nation’s capital to set up a “virtual” office and dedicated phone line, so residents and stakeholders can get in touch and share information. “The Government has heard that...

Ian Horswill

18 Mar 2024