Aged care providers must quickly adapt to the reforms or they may not survive. This guide will help your organisation confirm what they need to do today and in the years to come to ensure ongoing compliance and future success.
Are Your Retirement Village Contracting Documents Compliant? The Essential Questions To Ask
It is extremely important that retirement village operators regularly audit their contracting documents - i.e. their village contract, annexures to the village contract and any mandatory pre-contractual disclosure documents - on a regular basis and promptly in response to significant events such as a change in law or risk event arising in the village. This article explores some of the questions that need to be answered as part of the audit process.
What To Do When Your Resident Is Too Ill To Stay In Your Retirement Village
As a retirement village operator, you are required to provide a safe and suitable environment for your residents to live. Residents also enjoy security of tenure. Unfortunately, it is not unusual for residents to experience a deterioration in their mental or physical health while living in a retirement village. Sometimes, this can mean that the village is no longer a safe place for them to live in. Often, the resident and their family recognises the need to make other arrangements and you as operator can help them transition to a better environment. But what happens if they don’t want to leave despite the risk?
Read on for more information about the four steps an operator should take when there is reason to believe that the resident is too ill to live safely in your retirement village.
The Retirement Industry - Reform, Innovation And Opportunity Ahead
The retirement industry has had its fair share of controversy and bad publicity in recent times, leading to the reform efforts currently being undertaken by the NSW government and most recently leading to the release of the Greiner Report.
While the Report focuses its recommendations on the retirement village sector specifically the broader health and aged care industry is also undergoing a transformation on the back of technology and increased competition.
What does the Report recommend, how will the retirement industry respond and what will it mean for service providers and residents alike?
What You Need To Know About the Four Point Plan And Retirement Villages Industry Inquiry
(VIDEO) Retirement village operators have come under intense scrutiny with the NSW Government due to conclude its enquiry into the sector later this year…
Original video source: Lexoo Australia
New South Wales Government Commissions Inquiry Into Retirement Villages Industry
Queensland Government Proposes Big Changes to the Retirement Villages Act (QLD)
Retirement Village Industry Commits to Eight Point Improvement Plan
Members of the Australian Retirement Village Residents Association, Retirement Living Council and Property Council of Australia have prepared and released an action plan to improve standards of…
Navigating The Sales Process – Lessons From Estate Of Madeline Cozma v Milstern Retirement Living Pty Ltd t/as Golden Lifestyles [2016] NSWCATCD 56
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Disputes between operators and former occupants can arise during the sale of an interest in a retirement village premises, especially when that sale period is prolonged. This case explains certain rights and responsibilities that arise during that sale process, and provides a reminder that the NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal can waive or reduce departure fees payable to an operator if it considers the operator has caused or contributed to a delay in entering into a new village contract with an incoming resident.
Financial Management Obligations Of Retirement Village Operators (NSW)
Insights As To The Financial Management Obligations Of Retirement Village Operators (NSW)
The NSW Civil & Administrative Tribunal Appeal Panel has provided useful guidance in relation to several financial management issues in Sakkara Investment Holdings Pty Ltd atf Sakkara Landings Trust v The Residents Committee of The Landings Retirement Village [2016] NSWCATAP 52