Catholic Healthcare: Village brings their retirement vision to life

May 31 2010 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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The wait is over and Jemalong Residential Village; CHAs 91 bed facility is about to take its first retirement residents. The NSW facility underwent a name change to reflect Catholic Healthcares plans in stage two of the project - to offer retirement accommodation as well as aged care.

VCAT rules Lifestyle Communities’ DMF model illegal

Lifestyle Communities’ business model is under serious threat after a ruling by VCAT President Justice Ted Woodward found its exit fee structure to be illegal. The ASX-listed land lease operator, which was valued at $861.9 million and placed in...

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Ian Horswill

07 Jul 2025

Community Living

Catholic Healthcare investing $600M to build connected communities across NSW

One of Australia’s largest Not For Profit providers of home care, residential care and retirement living services, is investing over $600 million over the next five years in five innovative connected communities in New South Wales. “We’ve spent...

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Ian Horswill

07 Jul 2025

Government Policy

Regulator locks in new liquidity standards for aged care providers

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) has released its consultation report on the draft Financial and Prudential Standards set to come into effect under the new Aged Care Act from 1 November 2025 – and as expected, the core liquidity...

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Lauren Broomham

03 Jul 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Three years after $1B+ valuation, RetireAustralia faces $850M sale

Infratil and NZ Super put its jointly owned business RetireAustralia on the market in March 2022 with a reported price tag of over $1 billion. With its profits soring, the joint owners announced it was off the market in December 2023. In April last...

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Ian Horswill

08 Jul 2025

Only in SATURDAY: the key to survival under Support at Home

Support at Home will reshape the home care sector, pushing providers to operate with greater precision, smarter systems, and stronger margins. For those lagging behind, the risk is extinction. Read SATURDAY for the keys to survival.

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Caroline Egan

10 Jul 2025

Home Care

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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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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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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Caroline Egan

09 Jul 2025