Health

SATURDAY 100th issue reimagines care: Can your home be the new hospital?

Jun 05 2025 Updated June 5, 2025

Lauren Broomham

1 min read

With aged care under strain and hospitals stretched thin, Amplar Health is leading a quiet but powerful revolution: delivering hospital-level care at home.

In the special 100th issue of SATURDAY, CEO Robert Read shares how virtual nurses, hotel recovery suites, and in-home hospital care are reshaping the future for ageing Australians – and why Government is paying close attention.

This is healthcare built around people, not buildings.

Out tomorrow – don’t miss it. Subscribe here.

Breaking news: Government delays new Aged Care Act

Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler and Minister for Aged Care and Seniors Sam Rae announced this morning that commencement of the new Aged Care Act on 1 July 2025 will be delayed four months until 1 November 2025.

Click here

Caroline Egan

04 Jun 2025

Government Policy

RLC and StewartBrown lobbying sees retirement village operators’ proposed liquidity ratio cut from 10% to 2%

Daniel Gannon, Executive Director of the Retirement Living Council, said the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission’s proposal to make residential aged care providers operating independent living units (ILUs) and retirement villages retain 10% of ILU and retirement village refundable amounts as liquid funds from 1 July this year, has been reduced to 2%.

Click here

Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Sector Moves & People

Land lease operator GemLife eyes $700M+ raise at $2B valuation

GemLife’s bankers, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley and Highbury Partnership, took about two dozen fund managers through four sites in Queensland on Monday and Tuesday last week, ahead of a non-deal roadshow planned for Asia this week as the business...

Click here

Ian Horswill

26 May 2025

Opinion

Why the delayed Aged Care Act is a double-edged sword

Just 17 business days out from its long-awaited start, the Federal Government has delayed the new Aged Care Act – again. It’s the third time the legislation has been pushed back, and while the pause has been welcomed by peak bodies and providers, make no mistake: this delay comes at a cost.

Click here

Lauren Broomham

05 Jun 2025

Twilight Aged Care names ex-PwC health consultant as new CEO

Twilight Aged Care, which operates five aged care homes and a retirement village in the north and western suburbs of Sydney, has appointed Niamh Mannion CEO, replacing Neil Wendt.

Click here

Caroline Egan

04 Jun 2025

Sector Moves & People

New CEO appointed at aged care provider for the homeless, Wintringham

Residential aged care, home care, and social housing provider for the homeless, or that at risk of homeless, Not For Profit Wintringham, has announced that former Chief of Staff, Jane Barnes, will replace Founder Bryan Lipmann AM as CEO.

Click here

Caroline Egan

04 Jun 2025

Sector Moves & People

NSW Fair Trading announces new Commissioner for retirement living and land lease regulation

NSW Trading has appointed Angus Abadee as NSW Strata and Property Services Commissioner after having served as Interim Commissioner since December 2024. The Strata and Property Service Commissioner leads NSW Fair Trading’s oversight of the strat...

Click here

Ian Horswill

30 May 2025

Sector Moves & People

John Hindmarsh AM: Retirement village pioneer and philanthropist leaves lasting legacy

John Hindmarsh, who passed away at age 84, was the Founder and Chairman of Hindmarsh, the company he created in 1979. A visionary builder, philanthropist, and entrepreneur, he built Hindmarsh into a national property and construction business...

Click here

Ian Horswill

30 May 2025