Issue 62

Editorial: paying for the [aged care] privilege

With the Aged Care Taskforce due to provide its interim advice to the Federal Government on future funding options for the aged care system next month, the sector should soon have some clarity on future funding options for the aged care system...

Opinion: should retirement villages be the ‘new low care’?

Yes, and village operators need to factor ‘care’ into their value proposition With an increasingly ageing resident cohort, retirement villages are facing a choice: provide care and support or lose new residents to their competitors. The latest...

Family care: a new service positioning for retirement villages

80% of home care is not medical care – it is support, the type of support we all would hope our family would provide us when we approach late age in our own homes. Adelaide’s Omega Communities, led by Managing Director Alok Kumar, has been...

Aggressively tapping 65-plus care workers

With 13,000 Australian home based care clients and growing, US franchise group Home Instead is targeting seniors, with 450 already employed. Home Instead is already one of Australia’s largest home care providers with 13,000 clients across...

Smart property leaders commissioning hybrid housing

In the face of escalating costs, approvals and many other barriers, Not For Profit and Social Housing leaders are successfully creating mixes of housing to deliver project feasibility. With live projects now coming out of the ground and visible...

Community Clubhouse wars: Palm Lake Group’s latest will cost $45 million

It is the hub of the community and the first thing a would-be retirement living resident asks about: the clubhouse or community club. Now Palm Lake Group’s Pelican Waters’ flagship land lease community is setting a new bar. The magnet used to...

Honey, we grew the team – with Spotify & TikTok

Infinite Care, with 18 RAC locations nationally, is innovating how it recruits, retains and trains its workforce, engaging in all forms of social media to great effect. Competition for staff is immense. New recruits, retention of existing staff...

Ryman Healthcare Australia invests big in M&C Saatchi ad agency

Staking its claim in the Australian market Ryman Healthcare Australia has signed a deal with major ad agency M&C Saatchi to be the creative partner for the continuum of care owner and operator. Ryman Healthcare Australia owns and operates seven...

SAGE Study Tour case study: Scottish solution discovered for Vasey RSL Care

Vasey RSL Care is about to open a unique Drop In Centre for veterans, supported by Erskine Veterans in Scotland thanks to Sage Over 300 veterans become homeless across Australia every year – with 6,000 living rough around the country. Now aged...

Executive Spotlight

Will Egan Chief Executive Officer, Ausmed Will joined continuing professional development (CPD) education provider Ausmed in 2007, which was founded in 1987 by Will’s mother, Cynthea Wellings, a nurse. Working his way up to the CEO role in 2022...

Lauren Broomham

29 Sep 2023