Topic - Aged Care

NDIS and aged care now single-biggest employer in every state: ABC

Apr 23 2018 Updated May 3, 2023

The Weekly Source

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An increasing demand for aged care and the National Disability Insurance Scheme is fuelling a spike in jobs in the health and social assistance sector, with the NDIS alone expected to create an extra 80,000 full-time jobs by 2020, according to Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABC) figures pulled together by the broadcaster.

Providers will relate.

The three aged care bombshells from Senate Estimates

Last week’s Senate Estimates hearing – held just three weeks before sweeping reforms roll out – gave politicians the chance to ask Government heavyweights the questions they’re getting from constituents and to interrogate the once-in-a-generation changes.

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Caroline Egan

15 Oct 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Bain Capital assesses what’s best for fattened Estia Health 23 months after $838M buy

The US-based private investor is reportedly believed to have contracted investment bank Barrrenjoey to see if its residential aged care business can be sold for a sizeable profit or should be floated on the ASX. The Australian, which reported Bain...

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Ian Horswill

09 Oct 2025

Opinion

The retirement village identity crisis

It is with great interest we are following the developments in South Australia regarding the planning classification of retirement villages as ‘essential infrastructure’. The catalyst? Senior Australians locked in hospital beds with no place to...

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James Wiltshire

14 Oct 2025

Opinion

Our big idea: co-located retirement villages can solve hospital ‘bed occupancy’ in 16 weeks

Across Australia 2,000 hospital beds now hold 2,000 older Australians getting sicker, waiting for an aged care bed. The cost: $1,500 to $2,000 per day. Could co-located retirement villages offer a solution?

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Chris Baynes

16 Oct 2025

Bain lines up Gresham to run Estia Health sale alongside Barrenjoey

Bain Capital has reportedly added M&A advisory group Gresham to the ticket to find a buyer for Estia Health, Australia’s second-largest residential aged care operator.

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Nurses’ union launches aged care review, alleges providers are gaming care minute targets

Australia’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), will conduct a nationwide “pulse check” of aged care, drawing on frontline feedback from nurses and care workers.

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Caroline Egan

4 hours ago

Mergers & Acquisitions

SAP Capital acquires Launceston retirement village with plans for mix of resales and affordable rentals

SAP Capital has purchased Tamar Riverside Retirement Village and adjoining land in Launceston, Tasmania, adding the asset to its Easy Living Villas portfolio. Director Sid Gupta told The Weekly SOURCE the Brisbane-based fund acquired the 1.34ha holding with settlement due January 2026.

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Ian Horswill

20 Oct 2025

Mergers & Acquisitions

Only in SATURDAY: Respect’s quiet empire – 39 homes, one sale enquiry a week

Respect CEO Jason Binder says consolidation is “coming to us,” not the other way around – with boards approaching weekly as the regional NFP scales a 39-home network through selective acquisitions, a 90-day integration playbook, and a “profit for residents” philosophy.

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Lauren Broomham

16 Oct 2025