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8 hours ago

Development

St Bart’s proposed 80-bed Perth aged care home for the homeless one step closer

Western Australia’s Metro Inner Development Assessment Panel has recommended approval of St Bart’s aged care facility on Brown Street, East Perth, which will provide 80 aged care beds for people over 50 who have a history of homelessness.

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8 hours ago

Not For Profit takes over management of Council-run home care services in Far North QLD

Queensland Not For Profit health services provider selectability officially took over management of Aurukun home care services this week, with an event held to mark the occasion in the remote community in Far North Queensland’s Cape York Peninsul...

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8 hours ago

Technology

Govt’s IT systems might not be ready by 1 November: reports

The Saturday Paper reported last week that the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing’s IT overhaul, intended to underpin aged care reforms coming in on 1 November, is behind schedule and may not be completed until April next year. The 2024-25...

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Government Policy

Exclusive: Health Dept’s Single Assessment System is failing seniors

Older Australians are being told they will have to wait up to nine months to be assessed for Government-funded aged care amid a litany of problems with the Single Assessment System (SAS), with some waiting for assessments that will never be...

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Development

Community Home Australia opens supported living opposite Westmead Hospital in Sydney’s West

Dementia care and disability support provider Community Home Australia has opened ‘Kora House’, a four-storey, 18-studio supported living facility across the road from Westmead Hospital, with 150 applications so far.

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Mergers & Acquisitions

Home care provider Kinyara Health expands into SA with Accept Care acquisition

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Development

Mercy Community opens $41M aged care home in Rockhampton, QLD

Queensland faith-based operator Mercy Community has held an official opening of its three-storey, 90-bed Mercy Haven aged care facility in Rockhampton, QLD, with CEO Justin Lorenz leading guests on a guided tour.

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Home care and disability services provider Annecto goes into voluntary administration

Home care and disability services provider Annecto Incorporated has entered voluntary administration, leaving more than 1,000 employees and 3,000 clients in limbo across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australia. In June, the...

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Aged Care

Aged care regulator sharpens focus on care minute targets ahead of financial penalties

More than half of the risk-based assessments conducted by the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission in the March 2025 quarter were focused on providers’ compliance with care minutes targets, according to the latest Sector Performance Report.

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10 hours ago

Two-thirds of home care providers fail Quality Standards, regulator finds

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s March quarter Sector Performance Report showed that only 64% of home services audited complied with all eight Quality Standards. Complaints were at a recent high.

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10 hours ago

Why home care prices must rise under Support at Home: StewartBrown

Home care operator’s operating results have declined nearly 50% in the last four years, from $5.67 per client per day (pcpd) in the March 2021 quarter to $3.13 pcpd in March 2025, according to StewartBrown’s March quarter 2024-25 Aged Care Financial Performance Survey.

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03 Jul 2025

Government Policy

Scyne Advisory wins $1.6M Support at Home pricing contract

The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority (IHACPA) has awarded the $1.6 million contract for the 2025 Support at Home Cost Collection to Scyne Advisory – the consultancy firm spun out of PwC in 2023 and now owned by private equity...

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