Editorial
“Sizzling housing market? Yeah, yeah but nah” attitude continues to impact RV settlements
Overnight, the media is alive with excitement with the monthly growth rates of residential property…
Retirement Village penetration – stalled or going forward?
We revisit the PwC/Retirement Living Council Census of members, capturing 56 operators and 70,000 village…
Top end of village sales shine in Bowral for Kevin Ryan’s Waterbrook: $40M in 7 weeks
Seven weeks after opening sales for his new village in Bowral, long-time village operator Kevin…
33% of retirement village residents are aged 85+
This is a very strong figure. Imagine, 33% of 200,000 people (66,000) are aged 85…
Stuart Nicolson named CEO of Japara Retirement
Long-time CEO in the retirement living sector, Stuart Nicholson (pictured), has been appointed CEO of…
Australian Unity completes first stage of 18-storey luxury vertical village and assisted living tower in Melbourne
Residents are now moving into the 79 independent living units designed by Fender Katsalidis and…
Village professionals finally have a framework upon which to build future careers…
Last week the Retirement Living Council unveiled Stage 1 of another industry framework to support…
Self Care during the silly season…
One of the domains of the new industry Retirement Living capabilities framework is that of…
New South Wales operators have 26 Days to be Rules of Conduct compliant
This week the DCM Institute distributed mailed out to Village Managers across NSW a guide…
Super Bowl ads disappointing – except these two
Ever since 1984 when Apple launched the Macintosh with its once only TV commercial (created…
‘Reframing’ for serious marketers – experience one of the world’s best marketing educators at the LEADERS SUMMIT
Dr Peter Wilton is a world leader in customer loyalty and marketing disruption. He leads…
Does emotion sell the village offering, or data? Or both?
While everybody talks about ‘data’ as the tool of the future, retirement villages are about…
Retirement Village penetration – stalled or going forward?
We revisit the PwC/Retirement Living Council Census of members, capturing 56 operators and 70,000 village…
Residential aged care occupancy dips below 90% for the first time ever – providers now recruiting sales managers, James Underwood says
The national occupancy rate for aged care beds has fallen to 89.4%, according to the…
Jackson McDonald successfully removes incorrect Retirement Village Memorial
By Matthew Reid, Simon Moen and Bianca McGoldrick Retirement villages in Western Australia (WA) are…