The administering body of a retirement village has an obligation to establish appropriate procedures for consulting with residents on various matters under the Fair Trading (Retirement Villages Interim Code) Regulations (No. 2) 2018 (“RV Code”). These matters include:...
‘Brokerage’ is a term frequently used by home care providers. In our experience it has become a term used to describe a number of situations in which providers use a third party to deliver services to a care recipient (ie client). In truth, an approved provider who...
Not-for-profit organisations from time to time seek advice from us before embarking on an exciting new commercial or income-generating venture. Often, they are prompted to seek advice because they are concerned with ensuring that they do not compromise their...
This discussion comes about because (legal definitions aside for the moment) to many ageing persons and/or their family, at its most basic level a retirement community might be little more than: a community of retired people; accommodated within a complex that is:...
In this article, we cover the Community Titles Act 2018 and Strata Titles Amendment Act 2018. In the culmination of a review of WA’s strata titles legislation that commenced back in 2007, the Community Titles Act 2018 and Strata Titles Amendment Act 2018 have passed...
The retirement village industry in WA will be aware that a code of practice is prescribed in respect of retirement villages from time to time. Although the existence of such a code is expressly recognised in the Retirement Villages Act 1992 (WA), it is in fact...
In March 2018, the Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP, convened a policy roundtable, to discuss a proposed approach to transparency and comparability of home care pricing. This came in response to increasing concerns raised by...
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the Government's decision to ask the Governor General to establish a Royal Commission into the aged care sector. This is not the first government investigation into aged care in recent history. What is a Royal Commission? A...