Reaping What We Sow: No Aged Care Beds. Now What? Time for Plan T

Hundreds of aged care beds set for release as developments get green light

New residential aged care homes are opening or being planned across Australia. Here's what's new, where to find them and services they will offer.

Reaping what we sow: No aged care beds. Now what? Time for Plan T

Australia’s aged care sector is in crisis – and no one should be surprised.  After years of underbuilding, we’re now paying the price. Our analysis of GEN Aged Care Data shows that between 2020-21 and 2023-24, South Australia added just 253 residential aged care beds. NSW added 700, Victoria 1,372, and WA 1,330. But demand is surging – and the pipeline isn’t keeping pace.  Nowhere is the crunch clearer than in South Australia. Today, 241 older p…

SA demands Canberra fix aged-care blockages - Aged Care Insite

The South Australian government has announced it plans to allocate 55 new hospital beds to older people transitioning to aged care, in an attempt to ease the state’s significant bed-block problem. Premier Peter Malinauskas said that the newly refurbished Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre will become a “70-bed specialised care and bridging service for older South Australians transitioning out of hospital.” “As a government we are pulling every leve…