International

New York State Attorney General sues land lease operator over water so polluted residents have to boil it

New York Attorney General Letitia James last Thursday filed a lawsuit against River Valley Estates, LLC (River Valley), a mobile home park in Sullivan County, and its operators, George Levin and Gayla Sue Levin, for years of failing to maintain...

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Ian Horswill

15 Oct 2024

International

EQT’s Metlifecare increases retirement village portfolio by 50% in 3.5 years

Since leaving the New Zealand stock exchange in 2020 when Swedish private equity firm EQT took over the business, the Auckland-based operator has been transformed by its five-year Full Potential Plan initiated in 2021. “We really have gone through...

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Ian Horswill

09 Sep 2024

International

Promotional video for a senior living resort has 6.4M views – shame it’s not in Australia

Said to be Malaysia’s first purpose-built senior living resort, Millennia Village in Seremban, approximately an hour drive from Kuala Lumpur, is on a13ha site. It is the brainchild of John Chia, Chairman and Managing Director of semiconductor...

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Ian Horswill

12 Aug 2024

Development

Building of retirement villages in New Zealand falls to six-year low as costs hits record high

Only 350 retirement village units were approved across the Tasman Sea in the second quarter of 2024, according to interest. co. nz, which represents a fall of 31% on two years ago. At the same time the average build cost per retirement village unit...

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Ian Horswill

12 Aug 2024

International

Various payment systems at top four UK retirement villages

Research from online care platform Lottie reveals the country’s most popular retirement villages and the difference in how residents Over 55 pay to live in them. Retirement living is not cheap in England with the average price to buy in of nearly...

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Ian Horswill

11 Mar 2024

Not for Profit

Only in SATURDAY: Community Home Australia (CHA) weighs up Bali ‘village’ for Aussie expats

The ink is barely dry on the deposit for its first international resort in Bali, but the innovative dementia care and disability provider already sees further opportunities to expand into accommodation for the growing Australian expat community. As...

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Lauren Broomham

13 Feb 2024

Retirement and Community Living

Time to raise your prices? Look at what is charged for assisted living in the US

A Queensland aged care and retirement living operator told me after a recent tour of the US that his only thought was that his prices were too low. More than 30,600 assisted living facilities are currently active in America, with an average...

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Ian Horswill

30 Jan 2024

Community Living

Can this happen in Australia? UK’s best new building is a retirement village

John Morton Centre, a day centre for residents of Morden College, a retirement community in south-east London, England, has been named winner of the 2023 RIBA Stirling prize for the best new building in the country. “At a time when adult social care...

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Ian Horswill

24 Oct 2023

Funding

Summerset Group’s third of seven Victorian villages approved as it’s clear why it wants to invest $1 billion into Australia

Earlier this month the SOURCE revealed the first villas would be built at its first village in Cranbourne North, 39km south-east of Melbourne’s CBD, by the end of the year. As the photograph shows, look at the numbers of seniors at the launch of...

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Ian Horswill

28 Aug 2023

Community Living

Arabic-speaking co-located retirement and aged care home proposed by St Maurice Aged Care

A previously approved six-storey mixed residential development with senior housing in Blacktown, 34km west of Sydney’s CBD, has been resubmitted as a seven-storey co-located retirement living and aged care facility to be called St Maurice Village...

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Ian Horswill

25 Jul 2023

Sector Moves & People

Regional NSW Council is spending $600K to sponsor 10 overseas staff for aged care home

Coolamon Shire Council is sponsoring 10 overseas staff from the Philippines, training them to be nurses and building homes for them to live in because it has been unable to recruit staff locally. Allawah Lodge, the aged care facility in Coolamon, is...

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Team Editor

03 Jul 2023

Topic - Developments

UK’s peak retirement body wants the UK to jump on Australia’s successful land lease model

ARCO, the main body representing the UK’s integrated retirement community sector, wants the country to adopt the land lease model that is so successful in Australia. Leasehold Plus, which is developed by ARCO with legal support from partner...

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Section Editor

22 May 2023

International

Wellness centre and rideshare program brings residents and members of the community together

One of New Zealand’s largest retirement villages operators, Arvida, plans to roll the program out across the country. Arvida has developed a successful initiative called Arvida Good Friends in Christchurch, which combines a number of services and...

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Section Editor

15 May 2023