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Mergers & Acquisitions

Roshana Care Group acquires closed aged care home in regional NSW

Perth-based aged care operator Roshana Care Group will reopen Rosedurnate Aged Care, in Parkes, a town 355km west of Sydney, which The Salvation Army closed in 2024. The 70-bed home will be refurbished before reopening in the first quarter of 2026. Parkes Mayor Neil Westcott said “wonderful news”.

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Implementation of Royal Commission report “not on track”: Inspector-General of Aged Care

The Inspector-General of Aged Care’s 218-page 2025 Progress Report on the Implementation of the Aged Care Royal Commission Recommendations concludes the “transformative change” called for by The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety is not on track.

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Aged Care

Seven of 10 aged care homes do not offer Voluntary Assisted Dying information: Go Gentle Australia

A survey by Go Gentle, the Not For Profit advocate for end-of-life choices founded by broadcaster Andrew Denton, has determined that 85% of aged care providers do not offer Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) or information about the option, despite VAD being legalised in every state.

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Development

Arcare’s $30M aged care home approved in NSW Hunter Valley masterplanned community

Aged care operator Arcare, which is owned by the family-run Knowles Group, has received approval through the State Significant Development process for 96-bed Huntlee Arcare, 170km north of Sydney.

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Aged Care Accommodation Pricing Review announced

At the Ageing Australia conference on Tuesday, Aged Care and Seniors Minister Sam Rae revealed policy expert Nigel Ray PSM and academic Associate Professor Nicole Sutton will lead the residential Aged Care Accommodation Pricing Review, a recommendation of the Aged Care Taskforce.

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7 hours ago

Sector Moves & People

Former Optus CEO appointed head of Australian Unity

Kelly Bayer Rosmarin, who resigned as Optus Chief Executive in 2023 after the telco was hit by a cyberattack and a nationwide outage, will work alongside outgoing Austra;lian Unity MD & CEO Rohan Mead from 5 November 2025, taking up the top job on 15 December 2025.

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30 Sep 2025

Development

$800K per bed puts aged care grants under strain

The cost of building an aged care bed in regional Australia has blown out to up to $800,000, raising doubts about the impact of the Government’s $300 million Aged Care Capital Assistance Program (ACCAP).

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26 Sep 2025

Aged Care

Westpac Leading Conversations: is aged care ready for the Baby Boomer surge?

Baby Boomers are expected to drive a 40% surge in demand for aged care services over the next decade – but is the sector ready?

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25 Sep 2025

Final Aged Care Rules land – but rollout in 38 days “impossible”

Aged care providers say the final Aged Care Rules 2025 have landed far too late, warning that with just 38 days until the 1 November start date, implementation is “complex at best and impossible at worst.”

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StewartBrown: factor care margins into AN-ACC funding

StewartBrown’s latest analysis of the AN-ACC funding decision has delivered a clear warning: the increase is too low to cover ordinary cost rises and wages, with direct care margins expected to fall further. Historically, those care margins have been used to cross-subsidise losses in accommodation and hotel services. With that buffer narrowing, StewartBrown argues the time has come for the sector to push for margins to be explicitly factored into care funding.

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Home Care

Ageing Australia puts threatened CHSP under microscope

The future of the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP) was in focus this week, with Ageing Australia hosting a national CHSP Summit in Melbourne on Tuesday (22 September).

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95% of clients satisfied with Care Finders as program extended to 2029

The Federal Government’s Care Finders Program (CFP), launched in January 2023 as a Royal Commission recommendation, has received a strong endorsement from clients – but not without warnings about persistent access issues.

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