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Advertisement The multimillionaire co-owner of Epping Gardens aged care home where 38 residents died from COVID-19 previously worked for a taxi company in Preston and pleaded guilty to rorting a government-funded scheme that assisted disabled people. Peter Arvanitis was charged with 101 counts of obtaining property by deception in 1999, but eventually pleaded guilty to just three charges in the Melbourne Magistrates Court in 2000, when he was handed a six-month community-based order, without conviction. Peter Arvanitis and his wife, Areti. Credit:Instagram A former employee of the now-defunct...

Peter Arvanitis and his wife Areti reportedly left Melbourne two weeks before Christmas after receiving a travel exemption from the Australian Department of Home Affairs to attend to “essential business” in Athens. The backlash over poor conditions at Epping Gardens where 103 residents tested positive to COVID-19 and 86 staff got infected has been overwhelming. The news of the Arvanitis’ departure has infuriated grieving relatives and affected staff even further. “[Mr Arvanitis] has never taken any responsibility or shown any compassion. We want him to come back to Melbourne and face ...

Aged care mogul facing legal action lists Toorak mansion, leaves for Greece Normal text size Advertisement A co-owner of Epping Gardens aged care home, which is at the centre of several investigations and a major class action over the deaths of 38 residents from COVID-19, has gone to Greece and is unable to say when he will return. Multimillionaire Peter Arvanitis and his wife, Areti, left Melbourne about two weeks before Christmas after receiving a travel exemption from the Australian Department of Home Affairs to attend to "essential business'' in Athens. Peter Arvanitis and his wife, Areti...

Advertisement Two nursing homes at the centre of Melbourne's deadly COVID-19 outbreak were inadequately prepared for emergencies and had insufficient infection prevention and control procedures, and the surge workforce sent in to help had not worked in aged care before and was "unsure what to do". An independent review of the outbreaks at St Basil’s Homes for the Aged and Heritage Care’s Epping Gardens, conducted by Professor Lyn Gilbert and Adjunct Professor Alan Lilly, found the homes had deteriorated to a shocking state during the crisis. St Basil's Homes for the Aged in Fawkner, where...

Advertisement Two nursing homes at the centre of Melbourne's deadly COVID-19 outbreak were inadequately prepared for emergencies and had insufficient infection prevention and control procedures, and the surge workforce sent in to help had not worked in aged care before and was "unsure what to do". An independent review of the outbreaks at St Basil’s Homes for the Aged and Heritage Care’s Epping Gardens, conducted by Professor Lyn Gilbert and Adjunct Professor Alan Lilly, found the homes had deteriorated to a shocking state during the crisis. St Basil's Homes for the Aged in Fawkner, where...