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The New South Wales retirement village industry is at a “critical” point, where it must improve its reputation, or risk falling “off the face of the earth”. So said Kathryn Greiner, lead of the Greiner Inquiry into Retirement Villages, at Criterion’s ‘Policy, Regulation and Community Engagement in Retirement LIving’ conference, held in Sydney last week.... Read More

It was recently in the news the the Federal Court rules against aged care providers Regis Aged Care and Japara for charging their clients an “Asset Replacement Charge” fee. The Federal Court confirmed the Health Department’s previous advice that residential aged care providers cannot charge the additional service fees that are known variously as ‘asset... Read More

There has been an enormous amount of debate in recent years regarding the safety risks brought about by elderly drivers. Victoria’s new top traffic cop, Assistant Commissioner Stephen Leane, has outlined his plans to drastically reduce the states road toll, and part of that plan involves cracking down on unfit elderly drivers. Mr Leane is... Read More