SA: Nick Heywood-Smith awarded entrepreneur of the year

Jul 19 2010 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Nick Heywood-Smith, the founding director of Adelaide allied health services company Wellness & Lifestyles Australia, has been awarded the Ernst & Young 2010 Central Region Young Entrepreneur of the Year. His company provides services to over 220 facilities and over 8,500 aged care beds.

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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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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Caroline Egan

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Opinion

Aged care beds going backwards – where’s the outrage?

StewartBrown just dropped a number that should jolt the sector: average time on a Home Care Package has plunged from 3.6 years in FY24 to 2.4 in FY25. That’s not a tweak – it’s a cliff. And it speaks to the same uncomfortable truth across...

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Lauren Broomham

23 Oct 2025

Australian Senate votes for two separate inquiries into aged care reform

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“One-size-fits-all reform will shrink rural aged care,” warns regional provider

Regional aged care models risk being collateral damage under the new Support at Home system, with co-contribution rules and transport pricing threatening both consumer access and provider viability, warns Staying in Place coordinator Helen Morton...

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From survival to sustainability: five years on, aged care finally has certainty – now it needs transformation

1 November will mark 1,706 days since the Aged Care Royal Commissioners handed their Final Report to the Governor-General – and for the first time, the sector can say it has certainty. From Saturday, the new Aged Care Act and Support at Home...

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Aged care sector ‘ready’ for 1 November despite 150-plus last-minute documents

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Caroline Egan

30 Oct 2025