The sheer magnitude of aged care demand requires a transformation strategy, including retirement villages, but it’s also about the nature and quality of care.

Based on the facts that home care has waiting lists of 90,000-plus and aged care beds are at 95%-plus occupancy, while thousands wait in hospitals, the seniors’ care system is already well below required capacity.

First to the numbers. The now understood challenge is the tsunami of Baby Boomers turning 82 from 2027 that the system cannot accommodate.

The chart below demonstrates that in 2027, there will be an additional unme