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Caroline
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“Desperate” home care sector is crying out for more Packages to be released

Russell Bricknell (pictured left), CEO of WA Not For Profit aged care provider Juniper, has shared with The SOURCE the experience of his father-in-law, who is living with advanced dementia, waiting more than 12 months for an aged care assessment and Home Care Package.

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Caroline Egan

18 hours ago

Development

After four years, Opal HealthCare receives DA approval for aged care community in Western Sydney

Australia’s largest residential aged care operator has received the green light from Penrith City Council for a 129-bed aged care community in St Clair, 44km west of the Sydney CBD, following conciliation in the NSW Land and Environment Court.

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Caroline Egan

19 hours ago

Aged Care

Apollo Care expands to 13 homes with regional QLD acquisition

Specialist aged care provider Apollo Care, which supports stand-alone aged care homes in regional communities, has taken on its 13th home, Resthaven on Quarry in Mackay, Queensland, 1,000km northwest of Brisbane.

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Caroline Egan

19 hours ago

News & Headlines

Aged care worker charged with sexually assaulting seven aged care residents

A 47-year old former aged care worker, Tracey Salmon, has been charged with nearly fifty offences after she allegedly sexually abused seven aged care residents at Sydney aged care homes last year.

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Caroline Egan

20 hours ago

Sector Moves & People

Bolton Clarke announces former Ramsay Health Care executive Olivier Chretien as new Group CEO

Australia’s largest Not For Profit aged care provider has appointed the experienced CEO and executive Olivier Chretien as Group CEO, effective 1 July 2025.

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Caroline Egan

30 Apr 2025

Development

Hall & Prior continues aged care expansion with purchase of Perth heritage-listed school

Family-owned Hall & Prior Health & Aged Care Group has acquired the vacant building of the Loreto School in Nedlands, an upmarket suburb of Perth, with plans to develop a health and aged care precinct with community amenity.

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Caroline Egan

30 Apr 2025

Government Policy

“Cut red tape in aged care,” urges St Basil’s NSW/ACT CEO Diana Horvatovic

The CEO of the Sydney-based Not For Profit has called for a significant overhaul in aged care, arguing that reducing “bureaucratic red tape and regulatory burdens” would allow providers to shift focus from administrative and financial obstacles to delivering higher standards of care for older Australians.

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Caroline Egan

30 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Ageing Australia: new CHSP agreements could still leave older Australians without care

The peak body for aged care providers has welcomed Government assurances that Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) customers will have 12 months to enter into new service agreements, but says the surprise new requirement should be waived for very small providers and simplified for older Australians receiving a small number of services.

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Caroline Egan

30 Apr 2025

Government Policy

Consultants paid nearly $30K per day to operate My Aged Care

The Department of Health and Aged Care has awarded digital consultants Liquid Interactive a $2.9 million extension on its contract to “operate and enhance” My Aged Care, making the total contract worth $26.5 million.

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Caroline Egan

30 Apr 2025

Technology

Why mecwacare invested $20M in its tech transformation: LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 videos available online

At the 2025 LEADERS SUMMIT 2025, Anne McCormack, CEO of Victorian aged care provider mecwacare, and Sanmeet Bhatia, Vice President Public Sector and Health (Asia Pacific/Japan) with global tech consultants Cognizant, spoke about their journey to overhaul the aged care provider’s technology systems.

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Caroline Egan

30 Apr 2025

Sector Moves & People

Calvary Health Care announces McKinsey & Co’s Damien Bruce to become National CEO

McKinsey & Company consultant Damien Bruce has been appointed National CEO of Calvary Health Care, the Catholic health, home, and aged care provider, following the retirement of current National CEO Martin Bowles earlier this year.

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Caroline Egan

29 Apr 2025

Community Living

Cranbrook Care to focus on retirement living as it quits residential aged care

The Sydney-based private operator, which owns the 50-apartment Cranbrook Residences and the adjacent older Golf Shore Retirement Village in Norwest, 35km northwest of the Sydney CBD, has announced its intention to expand its retirement living business.

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Caroline Egan

28 Apr 2025

Home Care

What will Support at Home mean for private aged care? Watch LEADERS SUMMIT 2025 videos - now available online

At the recent LEADERS SUMMIT 2025, James Wiltshire, Executive Director of the DCM Institute, asked Aaron Lavell, Director of Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities, and Byron Cannon, CEO of LDK Seniors’ Living, what the incoming Support at Home reforms...

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Caroline Egan

28 Apr 2025