Following the success of DCM Sanctuary delivering 9,000 applications to the Government by June 9 for the $9,000 solar panel grant package, the first 240 ILUs are having installations completed now. Graeme McMullan is the DCM Project Director; he has to install solar for 1,000 ILUs per month through to when the funding ends in May 2010.
Our big idea: co-located retirement villages can solve hospital ‘bed occupancy’ in 16 weeks
Across Australia 2,000 hospital beds now hold 2,000 older Australians getting sicker, waiting for an aged care bed. The cost: $1,500 to $2,000 per day. Could co-located retirement villages offer a solution?