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Only in Saturday: why new governance requirements are forcing some private aged care operators to consider their exit

The latest round of aged care governance reforms are due to come into effect on 1 December, yet with only days to go, some providers were still scrambling to comply.

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Attention village operators: only 38% of your Village Managers value their job

We look to explore this and other issues further next month at VILLAGE SUMMIT 2023 when we host the largest network of village professionals at our events which take place across five capital cities around the country. Find out more here

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12 Oct 2023

Community Living

7% of all new NZ homes being built are in retirement villages

For the 12 months to August, 23 New Zealand retirement village operators were responsible for 2,884 new homes, or 7% of the total development pipeline of 42,110 new homes. This needs to be compared to the population of NZ (5.2 million) and Australi...

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03 Oct 2023

Community Living

$50M retirement village with 196 units approved in Torquay by Surf Coast Shire Council Vic

On the casting vote of its mayor, the contentious plan submitted by Sincock Planning, in the seaside resort of Torquay, 97km southwest of Melbourne’s CBD, has been approved. “I invite you to understand that I make this decision balancing the...

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28 Aug 2023

Aged Care

HammondCare opens South Australia’s first dementia village

With nearly 30 years of experience offering dementia care in small cottages in NSW and Victoria, the Not For Profit provider has opened South Australia’s first dementia village in the Adelaide suburb of Daw Park. With a focus on relationship-based...

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17 Aug 2023

Aged Care

Where are the new beds? Just 231 aged care builds in 2021-22

Only 26 aged care building approvals in 2021-22 were valued at over $20 million – confirming that few residential care operators are embarking on large-scale projects. The Financial Report on the Australian Aged Care Sector 2021-22 has revealed...

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17 Aug 2023

Community Living

“They pay the deposit with cash in their hands”: HammondCare General Manager Independent Living

HammondCare has completed and sold 12 independent living unit (ILU) villas at its Strathearn Villas in Scone, in the NSW Upper Hunter, with three more under construction as part of a long-term plan to develop 23 villas on the site. “The demand for...

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01 Aug 2023

Development

Push to make land lease community residents pay local rates

Kate Washington (pictured), NSW Minister for Families, Communities & Disability Inclusion and the local MP for Port Stephens, is critical of the land lease communities, where residents do not pay rates. Steve Peart, Port Stephens Council Group...

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01 Aug 2023

Community Living

Road trip to success: Lincoln Place aims to be a top three land lease operator

Lincoln Place founding Directors, Ben Hindmarsh and Nicholas Collishaw, were on a road trip to one of its “assets” - Sundown Lifestyle Estate in Symonston, ACT – when they took a call from us and revealed their land lease ambitions. “When we...

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25 Jul 2023

Opinion

As regional aged care homes close their doors, are increased consumer contributions the answer?

While aged care home closures have dominated the news this week, there was one in particular that caught my attention. As we report in this issue, a Council in NSW’s Northern Tablelands is looking at expanding its 36-bed aged care home to 50 beds...

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20 Jul 2023

Aged Care

SATURDAY: Technology no longer an optional extra in the business of ageing

SATURDAY: Technology no longer an optional extra in the business of ageing Three years ago, the Aged Care Royal Commission heard that 40% of the sector was still relying on paper-based systems. Fast-forward and digital uptake is still slow – but...

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19 Jul 2023

DCM Research

Attention retirement living marketers, strategists, CFOs and property exec’s

Our one-day intensive marketing and strategy masterclass live or virtual on 29 August in Sydney is for you. Progressive operators are realising that demand for seniors accommodation exceeds supply but new property developments require up to seven...

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18 Jul 2023

Developments

70% deposited while in construction at Michael Eggington’s Merewether Residences by ThirdAge Villages

The project is the first in the retirement village sector by Sydney developer Third. I, who teamed up with ex Lendlease Retirement CEO and Stockland lead executive, Michael Eggington in 2018

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18 Jul 2023