Time Well Spent
By Dane Mitchell and Rose Plater
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Episodes: 44
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Time Well Spent is a podcast exploring aged care, the NDIS, and health — through candid conversations with executives and thought leaders shaping the industry. Hosted by Dane Mitchell (Optimum Allied Health) and Rose Plater (Paynters), the show is built on authentic conversations. Each 40-60 minute episode asks bold, sometimes controversial, questions about reform, workforce, finance, design, and innovation — opening space for leaders to tell us what they really think about the industry and its future.
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Why 250,000 Older Australians Are Trapped on Aged Care Waitlists with Paul Sadler
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Nov 02, 2026 |
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"We Need to Keep Them Safe From Us": Rethinking Risk, Locked Doors and Dementia Care with Vicki Cain
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Oct 26, 2026 |
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Has Aged Care Become More About Money Than Mission? BaptistCare's Robyn Evans
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Oct 19, 2026 |
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Going Backwards: The Shocking Financial Reality of Support at Home with Stu Hutcheon
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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Stop Regulating, Start Caring: 7 Myths Destroying Aged Care
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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The Aged Care Tsunami is Coming and We Are Completely Unprepared with Demographer Simon Kuestenmacher
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Zero Hospital Admissions Without 24/7 RNs. Reimagining Aged Care
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Aged Care Is Failing Older Australians: Red Tape, Redundancy, and Reform with Inspector General Natalie Siegel-Brown
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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11,000 Nurses Short: The Aged Care Policy That Can't Be Met
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Sex & Intimacy in Aged Care: The Conversation Providers Aren't Having (Live Panel at Ageing Australia Conference)
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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The Resident Who Asked to Go Home: What Happens When a Resident Asks to Leave Aged Care - Derek Tuffield & Resident Greg
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Dear Minister, Here's How to Fix Aged Care: 6 Policy Asks From 9 Months on the Frontline
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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"We're Choosing to Underfund Aged Care". The Funding and Legislation Conversation We Keep Putting Off with Mel Argent & Adrian Morgan
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Turning Around St Andrews: What it Actually Takes to Lead an Aged Care Organisation Through Change with Todd Yourell
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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“I’m scared of going into residential care as it is today.” What We Fear as People Who Work in Aged Care
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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KPMG Aged Care Market Analysis: What the Data Reveals About Aged Care’s Future with Lauren Ffrost
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Are You Getting Credit for the Care You Already Provide? Why Families Are Asking More From Aged Care Physio
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Designing for Oppression: The Aged Care History We’re Still Building On
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May 25, 2026 |
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Inside Aged Care From Someone Living It: Gwenda Darling on Dementia, Choice & the Fight to be Heard
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May 18, 2026 |
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What Happens When You Let People With Dementia Live Normal Lives: The Small Home Model at Emmaus with Tracy Baker
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May 11, 2026 |
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Are We Regulating Ourselves Out of Growth? The Funding Catch-22 with Mel Argent
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May 04, 2026 |
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Running Residential Care Outside the System: Why the industry’s "Black Sheep" Might Be Right with Paul Browne from LDK
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Texture Modified Food and Dignified Dining with Chris Deed from the Pure Food Co
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Dr Nick Coatsworth: “We Never Asked Older Australians What They Wanted.” COVID, Regulation and the Consequences We’re Still Living With
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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The Financial Reality of Aged Care in 2026 (And Why It’s Getting Worse). The Latest Report with Stuart Hutcheon
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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A Good Death: Are We Designing Aged Care for Living, but Not for Dying?
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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“Australia’s Health Care System is on it’s Knees” - Why We Need to Start Talking About Money in Aged Care ft Charles Moore
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Funding Aged Care Homes in Regional Australia: Taking Initiatives into your own hands with Chris from Whiddon Aged Care
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Support at Home… But Not When You Need It: Adrian Morgan on What Went Wrong 6 Month On
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Dementia and Dignity: When Love and Connection Become Organisational Strategy with CEO Jenni Hutchins
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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What’s changed After the New Aged Care Act & Support At Home Roll Out (and what hasn’t) with Paul Sadler
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Service, Humility, and the Quiet Work of Caring with Dane and Rose
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Why Every Aged Care Provider Has Payroll Errors and What to Do About It with Siobhain Simpson
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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AI, Aged Care & the Automation Revolution with Rob Covino, CEO MIRUS Australia
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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You’ve had a cyber breach – now what? Why providers need to be prepared with Reece Corbett-Wilkins
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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The hidden cost of hospitals acting as aged care waiting rooms and more - with Paul Sadler
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Aged Care in the Red: Real Strategies to Restore Viability – with Stu Hutcheon (StewartBrown) (Ep 2)
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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What the Numbers Say: Inside the StewartBrown Benchmark w/ Stu Hutcheon (Ep 1)
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Support at Home reforms - we know the challenges but where are the opportunities for providers with Lorraine Poulos, Managing Director of LPA
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Support at Home — But Maybe Not When You Need It with Adrian Morgan, General Manager at Flexi Care
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Why Aged Care Has a Brand Problem (and How to Fix It) with Anthony Nguyen
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Boards and Billions: The Power Shaping Aged Care with Anthony and David from JBWere
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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The 40% Problem in Aged Care, with Nick Ryan CEO of Lutheran Services
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Welcome to Time Well Spent with Dane and Rose.
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Sep 29, 2025 |