Insurance Helps Mop up Rest Home Water Damage
Water damage is one of the biggest issues facing rest home operators today. Whether it’s caused by a hidden plumbing leak, a resident leaving…
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Mounting Pressure for Health & Community Providers
Health and community service providers across New Zealand are facing mounting pressure to maintain the quality of care while managing workforce shortages, rising costs…
Brightwater Trials Robots in Dementia Care
AUSTRALIA | Brightwater Care Group is trialling humanoid companion robots across four aged care homes in Western Australia as part of a AUD $982,000…
Promisia Builds Scale with Chatswood Deal
Promisia Healthcare is putting $25 million behind its strategy of building local scale, with a conditional agreement to acquire Chatswood Retirement Village in Opawa,…
From Bingo Pieces to Bespoke Items
A bingo piece costing less than a dollar is probably not where most aged care operators would expect a conversation about 3D printing to…
Bupa NZ Introduces Six month Buy-Backs
NEW ZEALAND | Bupa New Zealand has introduced a six-month buy-back provision in all new independent living Occupation Right Agreements (ORAs) from July this…
Kickstart Your Summer Menu Planning
Bidfood’s most iconic event has returned to Auckland, turning up the heat heading into summer. Held on Tuesday, the 18th of August 2026, Taste…
Nurses’ Strike Tests Contingency Planning
A single day of strike action by Total Care Health nurses next week will test how exposed ACC-funded community providers are to workforce disputes…
Retirement Village Reform: Who pays for speed?
The Retirement Villages Association supports reform that gives residents and families more certainty, but a mandatory three-month repayment rule, or interest starting after six…
Does Dementia Care Depend on Your Postcode?
NEW ZEALAND | New Zealanders have long talked about postcode differences in healthcare, but dementia turns that concern into a series of practical questions….
Hundreds of Nursing Graduates Left High and Dry by Te Whatu Ora
NEW ZEALAND | At a time when health care is falling into a deeper crisis with emergency departments bursting at the seams, wards overflowing…
How Washed Is “Washed”?
USA | Bagged lettuce is washed, but it is not sterilised. That distinction is central to the Cyclospora outbreak exploding across the USA. Fresh-cut…