Population growth stokes housing fears

THE great debate about home shortage was ratcheted up further during the week with the release of population data that indicates there will not be enough homes for people in the medium term.

Privatisation of food safety for retirement homes and hospitals

Food service moves to privatisation with criticism from aged care industry exp ...

Palliative Care

Palliative care is provided when a person is in the last stages of disease or ...

Nursing Homes

Nursing homes provide care to the elderly and Australia's aged citizens. Much ...

Retirement Homes

Finding a retirement home is an important consideration for any individual, an ...

So can we still feed them now they're 64?

THE Beatles are set to replace Glenn Miller in retirement homes. Australia's first wave of baby boomers €” those born from 1946 €” become eligible for the pension from next week.

Briefs

EMIRATES Dubai rescue Abu Dhabi has provided $US10 billion ($10.9 billion) to help Dubai World, the state-owned holding company, meet its debt obligations, including $US4.1 billion needed to repay an Islamic bond maturing today for the country's embattled property developer Nakheel. Dubai will use the rest of the money to pay "trade creditors and contractors, as well as meet interest expenses and company working capital through April 30, 2010", the Dubai government said yesterday.

Not so super: funds shy and retiring about results

HOW good is your super fund? If you wouldn't have a clue, welcome to the club.

Nurses resist work changes to picket nursing home

NURSES will picket a Central Coast nursing home today to protest at proposed changes to their working conditions, which they say will strip them of their titles and cut their shift penalties and allowances.

Lotteries, Schools In Super Sell-off

DOZENS of Government assets, from schools to retirement homes and CBD office blocks, are to be sold - along with a range of government businesses such as NSW Lotteries - as the Government struggles to meet surging expenses with revenues that have been slashed by the weak NSW economy.

Stockland Beds Down Assets

STOCKLAND became the latest property player to wade into retirement homes with its purchase of a strategic 14.4 per cent stake in Aevum from Babcock & Brown. It paid $1.50 a share, or $26.9 million.

Pop Life

WIZARD PEOPLE Every B-grade DVD release seems to have an audio commentary these days, with unknown actors and directors hauled out of their retirement homes to converse about films they barely remember making. Providing an alternative soundtrack to someone else's film, though, is far more interesting. Arkansas comic-book artist Brad Neely created a stir when he released an unauthorised retelling of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - an audio book to be played over the viewing of the original ...

Home Comforts, When Nursing A Fear Of Aged Care

THELMA Solomon always liked a good fight. A radical feminist who campaigned for women's rights in the '60s, she never feared battles. But when a doctor told her she had terminal cancer six years ago, Thelma was scared to leave her home.

Asset Sales Likely At B&b Communities

THE aged care and retirement homes offshoot of Babcock & Brown is expected to unveil a sweeping program of assets sales today as it seeks to relieve the financing pressures on its stressed balance sheet.

Threat Eases For Elderly Tenants

HUNDREDS of elderly people who faced eviction from their retirement homes have been thrown a lifeline, with a new management team stepping in to run the 10 properties under threat.

Ageing Population Growing Old Gracefully

SOME communities are addressing the needs of Australia's ageing population with the establishment of more retirement homes.

Serial Conman Targeted Elderly

A serial conman who stole $61,500 from people he met through retirement homes and church told police he chose elderly victims because they were "easy targets", a court heard yesterday. Allan John Quinn talked senior citizens into handing over their bank books and also convinced one to lend him money for a bogus debt, between March 1997 and April 1998. About the same time, Quinn committed similar frauds on elderly residents in NSW and Queensland, netting more than $400,000.

Tax Blow To Elderly In Retirement Homes

Elderly people who live in retirement villages but do not receive care there are liable for GST, the Treasurer, Peter Costello, said yesterday in an effort to clear up confusion over taxation of retirees. Retirement village operators have been lobbying the Government for clarification on which retirees qualify for an exemption, as the Tax Office is yet to release its ruling on the subject. Mr Costello said there was a distinction between retirement villages and residential aged care. "Retirement ...

Old Folks Homes Are Not So Easy

One of the growth areas of property development has become the aged care and retirement home, with private and listed companies all moving into the sector.

Coroner To Look At 5 More Deaths In Nursing Home

CANBERRA The Victorian coroner will investigate five more deaths of residents from the Riverside Nursing Home, closed this week by the Federal Government. In a statement issued yesterday afternoon, coroner Graeme Johnstone said an investigation would be conducted to determine whether the deat