30 residents were evacuated from the Farnorha retirement village in Cairns when a truck carrying chemicals caught fire. Residents were allowed to return when air samples were confirmed to be clear. Meanwhile in Melbourne a 90-year-old resident and her friend ploughed their car through the front glass doors of the Baxter village chapel, narrowly missing two chaplains.
Opinion
Retirement villages have Canberra’s attention – now the sector must prove its value
Three years after Daniel Gannon took the reins of the Retirement Living Council (RLC), the sector has achieved something his predecessor Ben Myers was never able to: national recognition in Canberra. This is just the fist step. Retirement villages now need to capitalise on this moment. Here’s how.
