We have been waiting for this retirement village units on Airbnb.
Here is the first that we have seen - a pretty ordinary looking unit in Mesa, Arizona. It is AUS$80 per night for a 2 bedroom home. By comparison a single room at the Mesa Sheraton is $285.
Mesa is a city 20 miles east of Phoenix. For your interest Trip Advisor says Mesa is surrounded by the Sonoran Desert and home to a stunning collection of golf courses, superb dining and upscale shopping.
Is Airbnb possible here? Yes, the regulations make it possible if the operator and the residents agree.
Rod Berger
Last week we feature Greg Pooles very first village development, 450 unit development in Beenleigh just south of Brisbane.
Rich SUMMIT Focus on Care
20 of the 26 speakers at the leaders summit are heavily engaged in the business of aged care.
15 areas of care business innovation will be touched by these speakers, ranging from technology to funding to property to marketing, to name a few. Among the speakers are:
Brett Mullen
Managing Director, of Yukana Retirement Village / Aged Care
Innovative NFP regional retirement village, providing a disruptive model of total private care
Yukana has created a total care solution (including secure dementia, palliative and end of life) totally funded by residents in a single retirement village (i.e. no government funding). Operating for 25 years, Yakana has 83 ILUs and 83 Supported Living Apartments in their Total Care Facility.
Brett will share the business dynamics of Total Care in a village setting, and the secrets of how they do it, and their future vision.
Glenn Rappensberg
CEO, Novita Childrens Services
How Novita totally re-engineered its business to prosper under NDIS and CDC - now pursuing aged care customers
Novita was a test operator for the introduction of NDIS in SA. They had to commercialise and expand their customer base by aggressive marketing to financially survive, increasing clients by 50%. Novitas strategy is now to compete with aged care operators to expand its customer base.
Alison Quinn
CEO, RetireAustralia
Strategic directions for the retirement village sector the next three years
Alison Quinn was recruited from Executive GM at Aveo to CEO of RetireAustralia with its new New Zealand owners, private equity firm Infratil and NZ Super Fund. Under her watch Aveo invested village care services in allied health and home care partners. Her mandate at RetireAustralia is to ramp up the NZ continuum of care village model plus expansion through acquisition.
Peter Scutt
CEO & Founder, Better Caring
Australia's first Uber like home care disruption model, transforming carers into sole traders
In 12 months Better Caring has captured over 400 carers across three states, attracted by its streamlined digital business support systems that make them sole traders, plus connects them to clients Uber like, slashing costs for both. Now care operators Are outsourcing to Better Caring for its efficiency.
Derek McMillan
CEO, Australian Unity Retirement
President, Retirement Living Council
Privatising home care for 50,000 clients the strategy and execution of acquiring the NSW Gov. home care business
Australian unity has a clear vision for the future of both home care and residential aged care and exacting boldly. In one stroke Australian Unity purchased 80% of NSWs home care clients at the cost of $114 million - 14 months out from Consumer Directed Care. Led by Derek McMillan, AU is also pioneering large-scale inner-city high-rise aged care facilities coupled with vertical villages.
