Retirement living

Tim Lawless says Australia’s ageing population is creating unprecedented demand for retirement living – but delivering enough homes may be the sector’s greatest challenge.

HammondCare’s Marie Alford shares what retirement village operators should be doing now to support residents living with dementia – from wayfinding to wellbeing coordinators to community partnerships.

Full villages, growing waitlists, and residents who can’t access aged care. The sector’s top operators are navigating simultaneous pressure on every front — and the leaders who’ll survive it are the ones willing to have honest conversations now.

Wayne Belcher OAM has done the numbers. The sector needs a new nursing home every two days for the next 20 years – and most providers are too busy surviving to address it.

Levande has marked construction milestones on two retirement living developments in Brighton East and Bentleigh East that will deliver more than 450 new homes in Melbourne’s south-east.

Levande has acquired a rare 2.3-hectare site in Bulimba, Brisbane, to deliver a new, purpose-built retirement living community, reflecting rising demand for amenity-rich, inner-urban retirement housing.

Retirement villages are becoming the hidden bottleneck in Australia’s seniors living system. With planning delays stretching beyond two years, tens of thousands of retirees could be left without housing options by 2030.

BaptistCare announces acquisition of Keyton’s WA retirement living portfolio. The market for aged care growth and investment is decidedly heating up.

An unexpected source may yield 40 new RAC beds for a sector with only increasing demand.

Boomer expectations are reshaping retirement living. Discover why always-on feedback, hospitality-grade amenities and flexible care pathways are now must-haves — and how a CX-first mindset can turn the looming “silver tsunami” into a golden opportunity for village operators.