China increases aged care beds to eight million
The country’s Ministry of Civil Affairs has flagged boosting the development of elderly care services will be one of its…
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Aged Care Year In Review 2020
January The year begins in a blaze with the bushfire crisis hitting aged care homes and retirement villages – we…
Retirement Living Year in Review 2020
January Land lease operator GemLife acquires a site at Pimpama on the Gold Coast for its eighth 450-home community –…
Singapore to launch first assisted living flats from February – $1,500 a year for basic services
The Singapore Government has announced the country’s first assisted living flats will be up for sale in February 2021, offering…
Singapore expands eldercare services to all elderly – 280 centres
Could we see a similar model here if the Royal Commission gets their way on social supports and aged care…
New Zealand’s retirement village facing prospect of tougher buyback regulations – over 450 villages could be affected
Just like Australia, New Zealand retirement village operators are also looking down the barrel of tighter regulation that could seriously…
Lendlease Retirement Living takes first place in Asia Pacific real estate sustainability rankings
Lendlease’s Retirement Living Trust has again topped a global sustainability ranking for real estate, beating out 10 entrants from across…
New book guides village developers
Retirement villages and land lease communities appear perfectly positioned to capture the growing number of Australians wanting to age in…
Australia ranked 7th out of 44 OECD countries for retiree wellbeing – but five areas of risk
Natixis Investment Managers’ Global Retirement Index (GRI) has also rated Australia third for retiree finances in its latest annual index…
October 1 marks United Nation’s International Day of Older Persons – number of people aged over 60 to outnumber those under five
The theme for this year’s 30th anniversary event is (perhaps unsurprisingly) COVID-related: ‘Pandemics – Do They Change How We Address…