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The dementia village changing the face of aged care in Port Macquarie

In a region with the second-highest rate of dementia in NSW, an aged care experiment is quietly rewriting the rulebook. Open just 12 months, Emmaus Village in Port Macquarie already has a wait list of 80 – proof that small-house dementia care is resonating far beyond the Netherlands, where the model was born. Operated by St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, the $77 million development swaps clinical co...

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