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

5 hours ago

Opinion

Scape - the disruptor that will turn the retirement living sector on its head

“As we think about senior housing, that sector in itself is too fragmented and it needs a bit of leadership from someone to kind of disrupt,” Stephen Gaitanos, co-founder, Managing Director and Group CEO of Scape Australia told Mingtiandi’s...

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Ian Horswill

27 May 2025

Opinion

Fix it or fail: Australia’s health system can’t last another five years

Last week, I was fascinated by the Fin Review’s latest ‘Lunch with the AFR’ interview with Chris Blake, CEO of St Vincent’s Health Australia. His prediction? Australian hospitals, in their current form, have only about five years left to survive – and the aged care sector may face collapse even sooner.

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Lauren Broomham

22 May 2025

Opinion

Why building new retirement living developments is not for the faint hearted

Today’s issue is packed full of development stories and talking to For Profit and Not For Profit executives it is getting harder and harder to make projects viable. Anyone building a retirement living facility today needs 40% to 45% more to make...

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Ian Horswill

19 May 2025

Opinion

No, Prime Minister: aged care isn’t ‘fixed’

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese unveiled his new Cabinet this week – and aged care has been relegated to the outer Ministry. Is this a signal that the Labor Government believes aged care is no longer a problem?

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Lauren Broomham

15 May 2025

Opinion

Why this letter from a resident should be read by all village operators

For the second time in as many months, the retirement village sector faces an uphill battle with a branch of government not understanding or appreciating what the sector offers ageing Australians, or the communities they remain a part of. In March...

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Ian Horswill

13 May 2025

Opinion

Aged care left up the creek without a paddle – will the Government come to the rescue?

With just 36 business days until 1 July, aged care providers are holding their breath. The looming rollout of the new Aged Care Act and the Support at Home program has the sector on edge – and the first item on the re-elected Government’s aged...

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Lauren Broomham

08 May 2025

Opinion

Mirvac now has new land lease homes priced at $580K for Baby Boomers vs $750K+ for new families

Perhaps Mirvac and Stockland will be the channel to this market, given they are slicing off sections of their greenfield developments for Over 50s land lease. For instance, Mirvac has sliced off 200 lots off its Everleigh, Brisbane greenfield

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Chris Baynes

05 May 2025

Opinion

Coalition’s pledge to cut home care wait list to zero is too little, too late

With just days until polling day, aged care has finally entered the political spotlight, with Shadow Minister for Aged Care Anne Ruston pledging a Coalition Government would cut home care wait times to zero, but making no commitment to release more Home Care Packages.

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Lauren Broomham

01 May 2025

Opinion

Masterclass in the future demand for retirement living – invest in assisted living!

I am on holidays, which has given me some quiet time to go back over the presentations at the LEADERS SUMMIT, and the graph above and below jumped out at me from Cam Ansell’s presentation. Check the growth in Assisted Living. Cam is the Founder...

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Chris Baynes

28 Apr 2025

Opinion

Aged care isn’t fixed – so why are we not talking about it?

If you tuned into yesterday’s National Press Club debate between Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, and Shadow Minister, Anne Ruston, hoping for a meaningful discussion on aged care – you would have been sorely disappointed.

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Lauren Broomham

24 Apr 2025

Opinion

Why 20 May is more important to the retirement living sector than Election Day

The Baby Boomer generation is being ignored by the Labor and Liberal-National Coalition parties as the Gen Y and Gen Z become the increasingly dominant generations and this will not change.

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Ian Horswill

22 Apr 2025

Opinion

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t: aged care on a collision course with care minutes

With just 12 months until care minutes are linked with funding, residential aged care providers are facing a lose-lose scenario: lose funding if they understaff but fail to be compensated if they exceed targets, says Shalain Singh, Managing Director and CEO of Arrow Advisory Group.

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Lauren Broomham

17 Apr 2025