Masonic Homes (SA) has negotiated the sale of its four aged care facilities and community care services (with 500 staff) to Adelaides ECH a 1,300 staff community based Not for Profit. Masonic Homes CEO, Doug Strain, says their strategy includes significant new investment in expanding services to their five existing villages in Adelaide and Darwin, with the emphasis on adaptable housing to allow residents to stay at home for their full life. He says national expansion is likely.
Opinion
Retirement villages have Canberra’s attention – now the sector must prove its value
Three years after Daniel Gannon took the reins of the Retirement Living Council (RLC), the sector has achieved something his predecessor Ben Myers was never able to: national recognition in Canberra. This is just the fist step. Retirement villages now need to capitalise on this moment. Here’s how.
