SATURDAY: Aged care providers spend millions on staff accommodation

With workforce shortages at acute levels across the sector, residential care providers now have a new client to factor into their developments: their staff. More aged care providers are buying and renting properties, re-purposing existing retirement...

Section Editor profile image
by Section Editor
SATURDAY: Aged care providers spend millions on staff accommodation
Image: Southern Cross Care Queensland’s Illoura Village in Chinchilla

With workforce shortages at acute levels across the sector, residential care providers now have a new client to factor into their developments: their staff. More aged care providers are buying and renting properties, re-purposing existing retirement village units and even considering building dedicated staff housing as they look to accommodate workers unable to find housing in Australia’s tight rental market. Read this story and more in this week’s issue of SATURDAY, with Tulich Family Communities’ Bianca Tulich on the cover. It’s a special design and architecture edition, with case studies on developments by RetireAustralia, HammondCare, Cedar Woods and more. Subscribe here.

Read More

puzzles,videos,hash-videos,pdf