As retirement villages drift closer to aged care, operators face a simple choice: become God’s waiting rooms or position themselves as positive care environments that help residents feel better in themselves.

The village market is moving fast – and not always forward.

As home care expands and residents arrive older and frailer, many village communities are morphing into low-care facilities in all but name. The question is no longer if they’ll intersect with care, but how.

The next reform lever

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