Investigation probes rest home charging
Premium room charges are a growing revenue stream for aged-care facilities.
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Metlifecare Beachlands announcement
Glen Sowry of Metlifecare explains new Auckland retirement village.
Watch: $180m Metlifecare village planned for Beachlands
Metlifecare has purchased a large new Auckland site for the project.
Life-long lovebirds wouldn't be kept apart
Couple with dementia were able to stay together and be cared for in a secure apartment.
Eighty-one retirement villages planned
Most elderly don't live in retirement villages, study points out.
Ex-cop's property multimillion dollar empire
How does an ex-cop plan Queenstown's biggest hotel and get a retirement empire?
Elderly patients left cold and in dark after storm, fumes son
Nurses were forced to change patients' dressings with 'dying torchlight' after power cuts.
Woman died after rest home bedsores became infected
Woman died after infected bedsore were not properly treated in rest home.
Rest homes understaffed says expert
Good care "should be the norm, it shouldn't be the exception", says rest home researcher.
Claims of neglect at rest home not the first
Claims of substandard care at rest home are not the first, says daughter of late mum.
Metlifecare abolishes weekly fees on empty places
Move welcomed by the Retirement Villages Association.
Nurse guilty of falsifying patient notes
A nurse has been struck off the register for faking patient notes to cover up poor care.
Sponsor saves school choir festival
School principals hope Auckland Council will help music fest after three-year deal ends.
Foreign investor ban plan outrages retirement giants
Ryman Healthcare and Metlifecare have invested heavily in the local market.
Metlifecare profit slumps 66 per cent
The retirement giant made $56.5 million in half-year profit.
Retirement village residents become 'Santa's helpers' on busy Santaline
Retirees help with thousands of calls from children trying to reach Santa on 'Santaline'.
Tirade from rest home owner 'appalling'
Disciplinary action could be on the cards for rest home owner after abusive tirade.
Rest home owner to tenants: 'Get a f***ing life'
A prominent rest home owner and businessman verbally abused his tenants yesterday.
Case made for Summerset, Metlifecare merger
Merger would put them on firmer ground for a transtasman expansion, First NZ Capital says.
Summerset sales of occupation rights fall 21pc
Summerset had 155 sales of rights to occupy its units in the third quarter.
Some rest homes close after pay deal
Aged Care Association says wage rise has resulted in three or four homes closing.
Consent boom for retirement villages
Tauranga retirement village consents hit $107.5 million in just over a year.
Housing slowdown, election weigh on retirement stocks
Listed retirement village operators are facing heightened pressure.
Elderly man missing from care home
The 88-year-old left his care home in Glengarry around 7.30pm.
Retirement homes could face demolition
Some homes at Ngati Whatua's Eastcliffe Retirement Village might need to be demolished.
Summerset profit up 78pc after strong sales growth
The company had a strong half-year, with good sales levels and a record development margin
Retirement villages help displaced Remuera patients
Aged-care providers rally to find homes for about 100 people evicted by rest-home closure.
Remuera rest home to close, 100 homeless
A Remuera rest home is closing after losing $1.1 million last year.
Village group push on with formal complaint
Retirement village residents have made a complaint about Metlifecare's handling of repairs
Complaint against Metlifecare over repairs
Waitakere residents have lodged a formal complaint over repairs to balconies.
Evacuated residents don't want to leave
Some elderly residents evacuated from a troubled retirement village in Auckland won't go.
Arvida more than doubles annual profit
Arvida more than doubled annual profit as it expanded its offering.