March 30 sees over 50 leading speakers at the Retirement Communities World Conference in Sydney, including Paul Klaassen who founded and still runs Sunrise Seniors Living, operating over 440 villages in the US, Canada, Germany and UK. Given the housing market in each of those countries, he will have an unrivalled insight into the challenges of new sales. See http://www.terrapinn.com/2009/rcw_au/programme.stm for the full program.
Opinion
These new retirement villages show providing care is here and now
Gone are the days when retirement living was defined by community centres, swimming pools and bowling greens. While these amenities still exist – the provision of care is now a core part of the value proposition. Hyegrove Willoughby on Sydney’s...
