Jennifer Lawrence

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: Aged-care businesses are adapting to changing market trends that have arisen in the past 25 years, including a booming in-home care sector driven by Australia’s ageing society. This article is part of a special series to mark Business News' 25-year anniversary.

Leaders interviewed for the annual Business News CEO survey suggest that forward-looking decisions on energy policy and tax will be vital for WA’s future prosperity.

Colin Barnett, Carmen Lawrence and Jennifer Lawrence are among the high profile names appointed to the UWA Public Policy Institute’s international advisory board today.

Few businesses in Western Australia have felt the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the way that Brightwater Care Group has, with aged care being challenged like almost no other sector while other income streams for the organisation have been severely curtailed.

Aged care and retirement living service providers are pushing ahead with property developments, but say COVID-19 could have a lasting impact on the sector.

Georgiou Group has been appointed head contractor for Brightwater Care Group’s $40 million Inglewood complex, featuring an aged care facility, a research centre and a corporate head office.

Aged care organisations are investing in technology and dementia-friendly design as more people with the condition enter facilities.

Construction has officially begun on Brightwater Care Group’s new 128-bed residential aged care facility in Inglewood, with the facility expected to open next year.

Aged care sector leaders say it is difficult to recruit skilled workers when the award for nurses in the industry is about 30 per cent less than those working in disability or hospital settings.

Hall & Prior has given 100 per cent of its residential aged care workforce the first dose of the COVID-19 jab and reported 10 staff have resigned due to the vaccination requirement.

Jennifer Lawrence has announced she is resigning as chief executive at Brightwater Care Group after eighteen years at the aged care provider.

Staff shortages in aged care have hit crisis point, and the problem is expected to worsen.

The delayed opening of WA’s border has given organisations caring for vulnerable people additional time to prepare for challenges associated with a surge in COVID-19 cases.

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Public servant Catherine Stoddart has been named as Brightwater Care Group’s new boss, replacing outgoing chief executive Jennifer Lawrence.