The Good Years Journal
Retirement Living & New Builds
Health restructure changes aged care
A restructure of The Wide Bay Health and Hospital Service on the Fraser Coast has put 220 jobs at risk, 70 of them in the aged care sector.
By Anonymous
Published on January 22, 2013
Who runs a retirement village?
If you have been thinking of joining a retirement village it’s most likely because you're planning to secure a safe future
By Anonymous
Published on January 22, 2013
Gympie aged care office closes
Gympie’s Home Assist has closed, moving aged care operations to their Maryborough office.
By Anonymous
Published on January 21, 2013
Retirement villages - a cure for loneliness
50% of people across Australia aged 70 or more 'clinically depressed'
By Anonymous
Published on January 21, 2013
New retirement village taking shape in Toowoomba
Developers Oak Tree Group owns and operates a number of retirement villages along the east coast of Australia, including one at Warwick.
By Anonymous
Published on January 18, 2013
By Anonymous
Published on January 17, 2013
Emergency call buttons and peace of mind
The security alarm built into every retirement village home is the second biggest attraction for village residents planning a move.
By Anonymous
Published on January 17, 2013
Six aged care units for Bogan Shire
Bogan Shire Council will begin looking at land and funding options to build six, two bedroom aged care units.
By Anonymous
Published on January 17, 2013
Young blood for aged care
The Barossa might be best known for its wine, but Lower North Futures is hoping to focus attention on one of the region’s problems – aged care.
By Anonymous
Published on January 16, 2013
What sort of people buy into a retirement village (1)
You might be wondering who sells the family home to buy into a retirement village? Chances are, it's you.
By Anonymous
Published on January 16, 2013
New IRT initiative aims to introduce more young people into the aged care industry.
The IRT College’s Young@Heart Carers in Aged Care program aims to bring young people into aged care
By Anonymous
Published on January 15, 2013
Aged care facility for Blackbutt
A mature and aged care facility in the Queensland town of Blackbutt is one step closer.
By Anonymous
Published on January 15, 2013
Funds of up to $1.6m available to dementia research
In what will impact on aged care in Australia, 2013 Alzheimer’s Australia Dementia Research Grants open next month, with up to $1.6m available to emerging researchers looking at dementia.
By Anonymous
Published on January 14, 2013
Proposed changes to law see religious aged care organisations come out fighting
If proposed laws are passed later this year, faith-based aged care facilities will have to allow LGBTI people into their residential communities or risk losing millions of dollars in government.
By Anonymous
Published on January 14, 2013
Property: 2012 and looking forward to 2013
2012 was a flat year for village and care transactions.
By Anonymous
Published on December 21, 2012
Bupa acquires 10 aged care facilites
The Croft family received an early Christmas present, selling their 10 residential aged care facilities across NSW, VIC and QLD, through Colliers International.
By Anonymous
Published on December 21, 2012
Aged care proposed for Newcastle’s Broadmeadow racetrack
The 111 year old Broadmeadow racetrack in Newcastle is getting a refit, and aged care could be part of the mix.
By Anonymous
Published on December 20, 2012
Government aims to cut aged care red tape
The Federal member for Paterson Bob Baldwin and Opposition Spokeswoman for Ageing, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, have organised a roundtable discussion on aged care.
By Anonymous
Published on December 19, 2012
By Anonymous
Published on December 19, 2012
Aged care residents brave heat for cancer research
The thermometer was well into the high 30’s but that didn’t deter residents at Kiah Lodge retirement village in Bateau Bay.
By Anonymous
Published on December 19, 2012
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