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Mar 05 2025 Updated March 5, 2025

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New retirement report’s golden nugget for village operators is on the final page

There is one sentence on Page 15 of the Downsizing Australia report by ASX-listed land lease community operator GemLife and the leading property website realestate.com.au that should be read by all operators: “For downsizers, the home itself must feel like an upgrade, not a compromise,?”

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Ian Horswill

29 Sep 2025

Opinion

These new retirement villages show providing care is here and now

Gone are the days when retirement living was defined by community centres, swimming pools and bowling greens. While these amenities still exist – the provision of care is now a core part of the value proposition. Hyegrove Willoughby on Sydney’s...

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Ian Horswill

07 Oct 2025

Living with Dementia

Hammond Innovations launched to fast-track dementia and palliative care solutions

HammondCare CEO Andrew Thorburn has unveiled Hammond Innovations, a new initiative designed to rapidly turn smart ideas into practical solutions for older Australians living with dementia, palliative and complex care needs, at the Ageing Australia National Conference 2025 on 1 October.

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Lauren Broomham

01 Oct 2025

Home Care

“Not a single additional Home Care Package has entered the system”: Senate Inquiry slams delays

Deep in the Report on the Senate Inquiry into Aged Care Service Delivery, released on Wednesday, is a startling revelation. “It is completely unacceptable that at the time of writing this report, and more than three weeks after the Government...

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Caroline Egan

02 Oct 2025

$29M renewal of Lutheran Aged Care Albury’s Dellacourt delivers for half the cost of a new build

Lutheran Aged Care Albury has completed a $29 million, 4.5-year renewal of its 120-bed Dellacourt aged care home on the NSW-Victorian border – achieving a contemporary facility for about half the cost of a new build.

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VIC Govt unveils designs for $2.3M per bed public aged care home in Maffra

The new 30-bed aged care home, which will cost the Victorian Government $69.7 million to build in Maffra, 220km east of Melbourne, replaces a 30-bed home - no new aged care beds will be created with the investment.

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Caroline Egan

20 Aug 2025

Rebuilds

Ceremony to mark Resthaven’s $100M 150-bed aged care home and Wellness Centre redevelopment

The Not For Profit South Australian aged care, retirement living, and home care provider Resthaven has turned the first sod on Stage One of its $100M Marion site redevelopment, at an event attended by CEO Darren Birbeck, with work set to begin late next month.

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Caroline Egan

30 Jul 2025

Rebuilds

IRT to lodge State Significant Development Application for historic Woonona site on NSW South Coast

IRT has now lodged a State Significant Development Appliction to rebuild the site which housed ITR Woonana Retirement Village and IRT Woonana Aged Care, which were built in 1970s..The Not for Profit states the development will set a new benchmark for senior living.

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Ian Horswill

28 Jul 2025