Aged Care

Only in SATURDAY: Roshana’s next chapter – betting on regional care and medical integration

Oct 09 2025 Updated 6 hours ago

Caroline Egan

1 min read

Roshana Care Group CEO Dr Rosh Jalagge is turning his focus to the regions – reopening closed homes, building GP-led health hubs, and creating vertically integrated care ecosystems that connect aged care, primary care and mental health.

“The future isn’t just building more beds,” he tells SATURDAY. “It’s building systems that actually work together.”

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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

Government Policy

Ingenia Communities under investigation by Consumer Affairs Victoria over rental cooking facilities

ASX-listed lifestyle and holiday community operator Ingenia Communities is under investigation by the Victorian consumer regulator over potential breaches of rental regulations at its seven Ingenia Gardens senior rental communities across the state.

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Ian Horswill

26 Sep 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

Aged care assessments like a “lottery” with Department forced to reallocate referrals

The Department of Health, Disability, and Aged Care has intervened in redirecting delayed aged care assessments to organisations that have “greater capacity”, following reports 120,000 older Australians are on the waiting list to be assessed.

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Is prevention – and Hospital in the Home – the only cure for an ailing health system?

Australia needs more aged care beds and more Home Care Packages – but we also need to stop treating hospitals as the first and last resort. That means a focus on prevention – and on alternative models like Hospital in the Home.

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Disability SA Northgate aged care home rated 5 Stars for compliance despite being monitored over misuse of physical restraints

Disability SA Northgate,. an aged care home in northeast Adelaide, operated by the South Australian Department of Human Services, has been placed under heightened supervision after an inspection in May 2025 identified issues related to the service’s continued misuse of restrictive practices.

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Residential aged care use growing more rapidly than home care: regulator

The latest Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) Sector Performance Report shows that residential aged care use is growing faster than home care, despite Government policy being firmly focused on supporting older Australians to remain at home.

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Caroline Egan

08 Oct 2025