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RFBI $77. 4 M redevelopment of Concord Community Village plan
4+ hour, 54+ min ago (211+ words) The Not For Profit took complete ownership of the aged care home on 31 July 2024. RFBI Concord Community Village'had been jointly owned by RFBI and the Concord Senior Citizens Welfare Association since 1998. Now RFBI has lodged a State Significant Development Application…...
33% of households on NSW social housing waitlist are seniors
2+ hour, 26+ min ago (191+ words) The NSW Government announced on Thursday, 14 May, it is building more than 50 social housing projects to provide over 1, 100 new homes for older residents. Since April 2023, 356 new homes for seniors have been completed, including in the Sydney suburbs of Rosemeadow, Merrylands,…...
Why residential aged care may become profitable again
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (973+ words) While Federal Health and Aged Care Minister Mark Butler openly states that we need to build a new aged care home every three days for 20 years, he and we know that will not happen. The 5, 000 bed funding in this budget…...
Fuel, ageing and why aged care must stand up now
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (747+ words) Aged care is the same as fuel, but different. Informed fuel people did not effectively raise concerns about dependence on others, then fuel became a crisis because of outside factors. This video of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese from 2020 is a…...
Baptist Care to own final two Presbyterian Aged Care villages
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (261+ words) The national Not For Profit faith-based operator of aged care, home care, retirement living and community housing continues to grow. Baptist Care became a national operator with the merger of Baptcare, Baptist Care SA and Baptist Care'in March 2025. The Group…...
Govt's failure on younger people in aged care homes
6+ day, 4+ hour ago (205+ words) The -then-Morrison Government pledged in November 2019 to stop younger people living in residential aged care. Data for the December quarter, the latest available, again shows the Albanese Government has failed to meet the 2019 commitment to get younger people out of…...
85% of 185 apartments sold at Levande The Cambridge Epping
1+ week, 4+ hour ago (162+ words) " Key points Levande's record-breaking retirement tower races to sell out * Strong demand: 85% of apartments sold ahead of forecast * National first: The Cambridge is Australia's tallest retirement village * Changing market: Retirees prioritising location, quality and community living * Integrated precinct: Retirement living…...
Aged care complaints soar in wake of reforms
1+ week, 5+ day ago (295+ words) With the Australian Government already backflipping on key elements of last year's reforms, new data shows complaints rose 30% after the changes took effect. The Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission received 2, 554 complaints in the first two months of the new…...
Arcare's 1, 000-bed pipeline defies aged care's doomsayers
1+ week, 6+ day ago (285+ words) Builder-owned Arcare is cementing its position as Australia's most prolific residential aged care developer with another two projects in planning. The operator, which is owned by family-owned builder The Knowles Group, opened 733 aged care beds in 2025, and is set to…...
Vivacity Property acquires two SA land lease communities
2+ week, 5+ day ago (170+ words) Sydney-based land lease operator Vivacity Property is continuing its national expansion. Vivacity has entered the South Australian market, acquiring Ocean View Lifestyle Estate's community at Goolwa North, on the Murray River, 66km north of Adelaide; and its Encounter Bay community, overlooking…...