Retirement village operator Aveo announced the appointment of RDNS Ltd (which operates RDNS HomeCare and Rally Home Care) to provide in-home support and healthcare programs to residents in 22 of Aveo’s retirement villages around Australia.

This will deliver comprehensive low care services in over 90% of Aveo owned villages by the July 20

14. (Aveo own 6,300 ILUs plus manages the old Forest Place portfolio and RVG portfolio, taking them to 12,000 ILUs).
The RDNS appointment covers 15 villages in SA, one in TAS and six on the Gold Coast.

Aveo has already established coordinated respite services across their retirement village portfolio plus are advanced in delivery of higher quality food services. They are also substantially advanced in formalising additional strategic relationships following the conclusion of home care delivery trials currently underway. Aveo has stated that partnerships with Not For Profit is their chosen direction as Aveo’s expertise is in managing the retirement portfolio and development.

RDNS was previously the Royal District Nursing Service of Victoria. They employ 2,500 people, providing home nursing and healthcare to more than 15,000 people every day.

Consolidating the Aveo relationship with RDNS and bolstering Aveo’s IP in the care sector is the appointment of Steve Muggleton as an Independent Non-Executive Director to Aveo. He is the CEO of RDNS and also a highly experienced health administrator, having previously been the CEO of Blue Care in Queensland.