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This Australian Aged Care Financing Authority (ACFA) report on the quantitative and qualitative factors that influence and are associated with the financial performance of aged care providers is extensive, but it has an excellent a short executive summary which encapsulates the key findings. PwC assisted ACFA with this study. The ACFA provides independent advice to the Australian Government […]

Earlier this year, we launched a scholarship fund to enable our professional colleagues from developing countries of the Commonwealth to join us in Perth at the IAHSA/ACSA conference, 30 August – 3 September. We received nearly 50 applications from 20 Commonwealth Countries, and thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, 15 scholarships* have been awarded to delegates from

Today, June 15th is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. According to the World Health Organisation, around 4-6% of elderly people report significant abuse in the last month. As elder abuse is predicted to increase with rapidly ageing populations, let us stand up for the rights of older people to ensure all are treated with dignity and respect.    

Leadership magazine is an excellent read about leadership in the aged care sector and how we need to keep adapting to our changing environment. The latest edition includes contributions from our CEO Klaus Zimmermann and Margie Van Zyl, who represents Africa on our Board of Directors.    

India\’s changing middle class

The paper inside is the SA Govt India strategy.

Klaus Zimmermann CommonAge CEO and founding Director was recenty invited by the Australian Federal Government to accompany the Federal Trade Minister on a trade mission to India.

CommonAge has received numerous applications from around the Commonwealth. Applications have now been considered and offers made. Once offers have been accepted we will provide further information as to the succesfull applicants.

A great opportunity for care homes around the globe to participate in the day engaging people who live in care homes; the staff; families and the wider community.

The statement comes from Klaus Zimmermann, former president of Aged Care Services Australia (ACSA) president and long-time chief executive in the aged care industry. Many aged care providers now have revenue turnovers in the many hundreds of millions of dollars and strong balance sheets to match. Others are much smaller but that only intensifies the need for best practice governance at the board room level.