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

Opinion

Scape moving to acquire Aveo is good news – here is why

It was revealed in the Financial Review this week that Australian student accommodation giant Scape is now the exclusive bidder to buy Aveo, for an indicated $3.5B. They will bring fresh thinking to the retirement village sector. Take a step back...

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Chris Baynes

15 Apr 2025

Opinion

Is Trump the golden ticket for aged care?

Hear me out – here’s the thinking. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably seen the headlines: US President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs on imports have rattled global financial markets – Australia included.

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Lauren Broomham

10 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Aged Care Industry Labour Agreements require review: NoosaCare CEO Grant Simpson’s ‘political wishlist’

The Aged Care Industry Labour Agreements (ACILAs), introduced by the Labor Government, are costly and the structure is “limiting”, says the CEO of two aged care homes on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast.

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Caroline Egan

10 Apr 2025

Opinion

Since November 2021 just 485 new ILUs and 440 new beds have been ticked in NSW under new preferential laws. But green shoots are appearing

In three years and five months, only six new ‘significant’ development projects have been approved as NSW State Significant Developments. None have broken ground yet. With a $20 million or $30 million entry to the system, all new villages will...

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Chris Baynes

08 Apr 2025

Opinion

No winners if there is a race to the bottom on Support at Home prices

Media headlines are calling out the new pricing for home care as “outrageous”, but the reality is home care providers must increase their prices – or face financial oblivion.

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Lauren Broomham

03 Apr 2025

Opinion

Small is good – and faster in retirement living, but what does that say about the future?

Today we cover Mark Bindon and Franco DePasquale announcing their re-entry to the retirement village sector with three separate village projects of around just 25 homes each. Meanwhile Adrian Puljich announced at the LEADERS SUMMIT his new Aliri...

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Chris Baynes

01 Apr 2025

Opinion

Political wishlist: Innovation a blueprint for the future with Govt support, says Natasha Chadwick, CEO NewDirection Care

Natasha Chadwick, CEO of NewDirection Care, which developed the innovative MICRO TOWN® model of dementia care in 2017, would like to see the next elected Government fund and promote innovation in aged care and establish an ‘Aged Care Innovations Hub’ where new ideas can be developed.

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Caroline Egan

03 Apr 2025

Opinion

Reminder: Labor spruiking $17.7B aged care wage spend is great news – but Coalition put first stake in the ground

One figure from Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ Tuesday Federal Budget stood out to me.

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Lauren Broomham

27 Mar 2025

Opinion

Level the playing field on payroll tax: Homestyle Aged Care CEO Tim Humphries’ political wishlist

If incoming reforms, most based on recommendations of the Aged Care Royal Commission, don’t improve the lives older Australians they should be scrapped, says Tim Humphries, CEO of private aged care provider Homestyle Aged Care.

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Caroline Egan

27 Mar 2025