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A family home, not an institution: the Abbeyfield answer for low-income seniors

In the leafy suburbs of Melbourne, on an ordinary street, sits an ordinary house. There is no signage or nurses’ station. But inside, 10 older Australians sit down together for a home-cooked lunch, prepared by a live-in housekeeper who also checks in on their wellbeing.  This is Abbeyfield. It’s not a retirement village or aged care. Instead, it’s a 70-year-old international movement â...

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