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Tim Lawless says Australia’s ageing population is creating unprecedented demand for retirement living – but delivering enough homes may be the sector’s greatest challenge.
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HammondCare’s Marie Alford shares what retirement village operators should be doing now to support residents living with dementia – from wayfinding to wellbeing coordinators to community partnerships.
From 1 May 2026, significant changes to Victoria’s retirement village legislation have come into effect. Is your capital plan ready to implement the changes? Here’s what you need to know.
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Wayne Belcher OAM gives aged care boards a choice: commit to growth as part of the solution, or accept that your organisation will slowly fade out. There is no comfortable middle ground anymore.
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Concussion diagnosis breakthrough could mean significant efficiencies in residential aged care response and improved care response channels.
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When GPs can’t get into your facility, residents end up in hospital. The AMA’s new position statement names the structural failures – and the fixes providers should be pushing for.
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Marion Piper Wayne Belcher OAM has done the numbers. The sector needs a new nursing home every two days for the next 20 years – and most providers are too busy surviving to address it.
Amy Henderson Jennifer Andrewes worked as a communications expert in government. She’s seen a lot of leadership approaches. It was those she encountered post sharing her diagnosis who landed what is the substance of leading. She’s now walking the walk, in more ways than one.
Amy Henderson Support at Home must be assessed by how it has impacted seniors and sector, home care general manager argues. Legislative intent is not enough, reform in the halls, homes and operational hoops is where the rubber hits the road.
Marion Piper When residents can’t speak for themselves, your systems do. Here’s why end-of-life conversations need to start long before they’re urgent – and how Remember Well•, a new digital platform, isn’t afraid to start them.
Amy Henderson Government announces priority processing for seniors with MND within Support at Home scheme. Advocates and industry leaders remind government that more work remains to be done for the hundreds of thousands that continue to wait a year for care.
Amy Henderson Far from the sterile books on power plays in leadership, Jennifer Andrewes, a long-time government professional in communications, shares walking a different walk. Vibrantly candid, kind and competent, Andrewes’ story is one of honesty and grit in sticking to your values and having each others’ backs.
Marion Piper Operations manager Mamata Adhikari has watched a quiet pattern form at the admissions desk: complex-needs residents being turned away. Not because facilities can’t care for them, but because staff are afraid of what comes next.
Comment
As reform continues to rapidly change the sector, full picture insight is becoming the key differentiator in provider decision-making and operational resilience.
Within an era of major pushes to overhaul the aged care sector, leaders say the government system’s backend was less than lacklustre, impacting families and providers. As the wait-times for Support at Home packages and time to interact with government processes grows, providers wrestle with systems not fit for purpose.
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