Topic - Aged Care

People movers

Apr 23 2018 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

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CEO of WA-based Not For Profit Silver Chain Dr Chris McGowan has been tapped on the shoulder to head up SA Health from 7 May.

No excuse for providers to not be ready on 1 November: Aged Care Minister Sam Rae

Aged Care Minister Sam Rae has told ABC radio the Aged Care Rules have been in place for “a significant amount of time” and the Government has been listening to and supporting to the sector, “so, there really isn’t an excuse from any provider to not be prepared for 1 November”.

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Caroline Egan

23 Oct 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Aged care consolidation continues: Regis Aged Care on the march

The ASX-listed operator has entered into binding agreements to acquire family-owned OC Health’s two remaining aged care homes for $45 million plus a $36 million liability for RADs. The purchase of Ocean Mist, in Torquay, a seaside town southwest of...

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Caroline Egan

23 Oct 2025

Government Policy

Australian Senate votes for two separate inquiries into aged care reform

The Senate has voted to establish two new Senate inquiries into the Government’s historic aged care reforms, rollout out on the weekend after years of preparation, amid concerns they will not deliver for older Australians.

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Retirement villages now hot investments: Here is why

Aveo is even sweeter in that it has been moving its contracts to a mix of upfront payments rather than the DMF. In March 2024, we reported in The Weekly SOURCE that a third of new Aveo customers have chosen an alternative to the traditional deferred...

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Chris Baynes

04 Nov 2025

Retirement villages now hot investments: Here is why

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Chris Baynes

04 Nov 2025

Retirement and Community Living

New issue of SATURDAY magazine: Is your “wellness” just window dressing?

In Australia, “wellness” in retirement living has become a marketing reflex – glossy promises, thin delivery. Residents are savvier now. They look past brochures to what’s on the ground: is there a real program, real people, real results?...

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Lauren Broomham

04 Nov 2025

Retirement and Community Living

Community Living

Eager retirees offer cash so they don’t miss out at Calvary retirement living event

Around 80 prospective residents last Friday attended Calvary Health Care’s inaugural Transition into Retirement Living Education Session at Ryde Calvary, Sydney. It led to some residents trying unsuccessfully to hand over $1000 in cash to reserve a unit. Occupancy is now 98%.

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Ian Horswill

04 Nov 2025

Community Living

Newly opened Vantage Hervey Bay land lease community will always be special to AVID

Heike and Michael Duggin have made the 1,000-kilometre move from Townsville to Hervey Bay – and into the record books as the first residents of AVID Property Group’s new land lease community, Vantage Hervey Bay. A further 40 residents are expected to move in later this year.

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Ian Horswill

04 Nov 2025