University-based intergenerational retirement community is an ACT first
26 November, 2025A University of Canberra-based intergenerational retirement community has been announced — marking the first in the ACT and second in Australia.
Adelaide's northern suburbs gain first specialist dementia care unit
25 November, 2025A new specialist dementia care unit has opened — marking the third in Adelaide and first in the northern suburbs.
Veteran facility renewal project looks to the future
13 November, 2025 | Supplied by: RSL LifeCareA renewal project is being proposed to reimagine an 86-year-old site as a modern, tranquil village for veterans and seniors.
Watch Genius 520Hz Smoke Alarm
07 November, 2025 | Supplied by: Watch Smoke AlarmsThe Watch Genius 520Hz Smoke Alarm uses a 520 Hz square wave tone designed to wake older adults, the hearing-impaired, children, and alcohol-affected sleepers more effectively than standard alarms.
ACT to receive its first dementia village
06 November, 2025 | Supplied by: HammondCareThe site of a former primary school in the Canberra suburb of Curtin will be transformed into the ACT's first dementia care village.
Design Matters: care, community and heritage
17 October, 2025 | Supplied by: ArchitectusDesigns have been revealed for the transformative renewal of Waverley's War Memorial Hospital site — to offer integrated seniors living in Sydney's East.
St Bart's receives $30m investment for new 80-bed aged care home
17 September, 2025The Australian Government is investing $30 million to help St Bart's build an 80-bed East Perth home for older Australians who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Victoria's largest new public sector residential aged care facility completed
15 August, 2025The $139.6 million Boollam Boollam Aged Care Centre in Heatherton — Victoria's largest new public sector residential aged care facility — is now complete.
Stage one of $100m Resthaven Marion redevelopment underway
07 August, 2025Stage one of a $100 million Resthaven Marion site redevelopment is now underway, which will see the completion of the Resthaven Marion Community Wellness Centre.
Regis to acquire four Queensland residential aged care facilities
31 July, 2025Regis has signed an agreement to acquire residential aged care provider Rockpool, which has four facilities in South East Queensland, with 600 operational beds.
Vacant aged care facility to be put to 'meanwhile use'
31 July, 2025In South West Sydney, work is underway to convert a vacant aged care facility into 'meanwhile use', as housing for older women; it will accommodate 28 by October.
Program that places nursing students in the regions grows
18 June, 2025 | Supplied by: Lutheran ServicesA clinical placement program that fast-tracks third-year nursing students into careers at regional Queensland residential aged care facilities has grown.
$36m Resthaven Bellevue Heights redevelopment complete
05 June, 2025Having first turned turf in 2021, the $36m redevelopment of Resthaven Bellevue Heights residential aged care facility is complete and has been officially opened.
Retirement Villages Amendment Bill passed in Victoria
04 June, 2025The Retirement Villages Amendment Bill has passed in Victoria, marking the biggest change to the Retirement Villages Act since it was made law in 1986.
Relocated aged care facility ready for residents
29 May, 2025After being relocated in a $57.11 million project, Glenview Community Care Nursing Home in Rutherglen, Victoria is now ready to welcome residents.
