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The federal government is investing in special disability accommodation and has pledged to get all young people out of the residential aged care system within four years. Paul Fletcher Families and social services minister Paul Fletcher outlined the government’s National Action Plan for Younger People in Residential Aged Care  initiative at a national specialist disability accommodation conference in Melbourne last Friday. The plan comes in response to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, which is examining young people in residential care as one of its terms of reference. “To those with disability aged 45 and under who are living in residential aged care today and wish to get out –… Read More

Prompted by a Four Corners’ investigation into the aged care sector, news of an aged care royal commission rocked the industry in September, shining a much-needed light on damning reports of neglect and abuse in Australia’s nursing homes. Prompted by a Four Corners’ investigation into the aged care sector, news of an aged care royal commission rocked the industry in September, shining a much-needed light on damning reports of neglect and abuse in Australia’s nursing homes. The scope of the inquiry also includes the more than 12,000 young Australians with disabilities living in unsuitable and inappropriate accommodation, with 6,200 currently living in aged care. Young people occupy more than 20 per cent of all… Read More

Matuzik Missive: Inner Brisbane Apartments First a quick heads up… I have teamed up with my colleague Paul Broad to do two things: firstly, to provide a very focused project advice consultancy service and secondly to author a series of detailed new projected-related reports covering the east coast housing markets. 1. Project Advice Service Our partnership is designed to help get your project right – through advice and collaboration – as to the type of residential project best suited to the area’s population and demographic characteristics, the site’s locational attributes and prevailing market conditions. Collectively we have helped over 1,000 new housing projects.  We have been in this business for 30 years. Check out our… Read More

Cashed-up empty nesters over the age of 50 are seeking out properties for dual income homes, according to Business Development Manager and Chief Auctioneer at Raine & Horne, David Bennett. And it’s not hard to see why this is such an appealing option. “Highly sought-after dual income, strata title properties will normally be located close to a beach or waterway, have wide street frontages that potentially provide extra access and aesthetic curbside appeal, and they will be well-serviced by public transport,” he said. Defined as a residential building where two homes share a central wall, dual living is a growing trend in the Queensland real estate market, as more buyers realize the… Read More