More than 1,150 elderly people in Western Australia could be stranded in hospital as labour shortages in the aged care sector threaten to reduce capacity in nursing facilities.
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Bassendean-based Roshana Care Group has lodged plans for a 120-bed aged care facility in Victoria Park, adding to the care provider's substantial list of new projects.
Southern Cross Care WA's proposal for a six-storey aged care facility in Jolimont, located within the Parkside Walk precinct, has been given the green light.
Yolk Property Group is developing a 161-lot lakeside residential estate at Champion Lakes that will feature innovative housing products, a recreational and hospitality precinct and an aged care facility, in partnership with Southern Cross Care on behalf of the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority.
SPECIAL REPORT: WA is continuing to boast a strong aged care development pipeline, and the completion of multiple major developments has meant an increase in bed numbers for some providers.
A wave of investment in the WA aged care sector has continued, with Southern Plus opening a luxury care facility in the same week as Hall & Prior announced it would proceed with a $60 million redevelopment.
Yolk Property Group, in partnership with Southern Cross Care, will develop one of the last remaining sites at the Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority's Champion Lakes residential development, with plans for more than 100 new dwellings along with a wellness, aged care and retirement precinct.
Schools, aged care facilities, shopping centres and bars are among the eclectic mix of establishments installing solar panels, amid predictions commercial rooftop installations could grow by nearly a gigawatt in Perth and surrounds by 2037.
Not-for-profit aged care provider Bethanie has set a high benchmark for board remuneration in a sector where many of its peers do not pay any fees to board members.
Southern Cross Care's plans to create an aged care facility at the old Kaleeya Hospital have potentially hit a stumbling block, with the proposal considered to be against Town of East Fremantle pla
They don't exist to make money, but Western Australia's largest not-for-profit businesses, including HBF, RAC and St John of God Health Care, have all recorded increased revenue, according to BNiQ research.
A program that links PhD students with industry is attracting support from companies as diverse as iron ore miner CITIC Pacific Mining, software developer Lateral, and aged care provider Southern Cross Care.
The opening of Fiona Stanley Hospital has enabled two suburban hospitals within five kilometres of one another to completely change their services, dropping gynaecological and maternity offerings to focus separately on aged care and rehabilitation.
Southern Cross Care WA has purchased the state government-owned Kaleeya Hospital in East Fremantle for $17.5 million, which is the first property sold under the state government's asset sales progr
Aged care provider St Ives Group, which was acquired last year by RAC of WA, has appointed RAC vice president Tony Evans, Hawaiian Group chief executive Russell Gibbs, and former Lotterywest chair
Southern Cross Care (WA) has appointed Errol Turner as chief executive officer, to replace Stuart Flynn who is stepping down on 12 July after 15 years at the aged care provider.
Real Estate Institute of WA chief executive Anne Arnold has been appointed to the board of aged-care provider, Southern Cross Care, which the business said would contribute to its strategy in deali
Many not-for-profit organisations are rethinking their business model as the lines between the public, private and charitable sectors become more opaque.
WHILE a number of aged care companies in Western Australia profited handsomely on the back of the boom, the sector overall has fallen victim to these economic good times.
