Weekly Source

AlayaCare launches Layla to unlock AI-powered efficiencies for home care

Cloud-based home and community care solutions provider AlayaCare has launched Layla, an AI-powered conversational assistant designed to transform how home care teams access and use data.

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Lauren Broomham

16 hours ago

Home Care

RLC welcomes Senate inquiry into Home Care Package delays

The Retirement Living Council (RLC) has thrown its support behind a planned Senate inquiry into the Federal Government’s delayed rollout of additional Home Care Packages, saying it’s a critical opportunity to reset how care is delivered to older...

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Lauren Broomham

25 Jul 2025

Development

Christian Homes Tasmania to replace ‘not fit for purpose’ aged care home with retirement village

All Urban Planning, for XSquared Architecture, acting for Not For Profit Faith-based Christian Homes Tasmania has applied to Kingborough Council to demolish its first residential facility provided in Kingston, 16km south of Hobart, almost 55 years ago, and build 28 indepedent living units

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Ian Horswill

28 Jul 2025

Home Care

Senate inquiry looms over Govt refusal to release Home Care Packages

A Senate inquiry could soon be launched into the Albanese Government’s decision to withhold the release of 20,000 additional Home Care Packages – despite more than 87,000 older Australians remaining stuck on the national waitlist.

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Lauren Broomham

25 Jul 2025

Opinion

Moving deck chairs on the Titanic: Govt fails to shift the needle on aged care

The Albanese Government promised to fix aged care. But if this is “fixing it,” we’re in trouble. Let’s start with Example 1: Blair Comley’s 2025 Departmental Briefing to Health Minister Mark Butler – obtained via FOI – doesn’t list...

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Lauren Broomham

03 Jul 2025

Home Care

SATURDAY exclusive: “Still waiting”: The real toll of aged care delays

When aged care executive Meghan Hird submitted a referral to My Aged Care for her father in September 2024, she expected a system that would show up. 10 months later, with his Alzheimer’s progressing to mid-stage dementia, they are still waiting...

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Lauren Broomham

03 Jul 2025

Government Policy

Regulator locks in new liquidity standards for aged care providers

The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission (ACQSC) has released its consultation report on the draft Financial and Prudential Standards set to come into effect under the new Aged Care Act from 1 November 2025 – and as expected, the core liquidity...

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Lauren Broomham

03 Jul 2025

Opinion

Going nowhere fast: aged care is shrinking yet the sector’s money keeps growing

KPMG’s latest deep dive into the aged care sector is out today – and it confirms what many of us already know. Demand is rising. So is the money. But the sector? It’s still shrinking. Take home care. Government funding soared 29.2% to $8.8...

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Lauren Broomham

26 Jun 2025

Home Care

Two Canberra home care providers exit the sector after Annecto’s demise

Two longstanding Canberra-based home care providers – Community Options ACT and Community Services #1 – have confirmed they will exit the aged care sector, joining home care and disability services provider Annecto, which announced its departure...

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Lauren Broomham

25 Jun 2025

Development

SATURDAY means business: Why St Basil’s Bexley project is more than just bricks and mortar

As retirement living and aged care providers brace for the wave of Baby Boomers, St Basil NSW/ACT’s CEO Diana Horvatovic is betting on assisted living – and building the future now. The Bexley project – a proposed 70-80 unit development, 14km...

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Lauren Broomham

23 Jun 2025

Home Care

Home care providers fear sector collapse without urgent funding and reform clarity: Enkindle survey

Financial viability has overtaken workforce shortages as the top concern for home care providers in 2025, according to aged care advisory firm Enkindle Consulting’s third Home Care Provider Outlook Survey. The 29-page report, based on feedback...

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Lauren Broomham

19 Jun 2025

Opinion

“A national disgrace”: Butler’s 2022 words come back to bite on home care delays

In 2022, then-Shadow Health Minister Mark Butler condemned the Morrison Government for the 50,000 older Australians who died waiting for Home Care Packages, calling it “a national disgrace.” Now, as Health and Ageing Minister, Butler is facing his own reckoning.

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Lauren Broomham

12 Jun 2025

Aged Care

Rethinking healthcare at home: why Amplar Health is building the future for ageing Australians

Australia’s population is ageing, hospitals are under pressure, and traditional care models are falling short. Amplar Health, led by CEO Robert Read (pictured above), is reimagining healthcare with hospital-level services delivered at home...

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Lauren Broomham

12 Jun 2025