With few new aged care beds being built and the age of residents rising, retirement villages are seeing more residents staying put, not able or not wanting to enter residential care. What does this mean for the concept of villages being independent living?

Retirement villages are already becoming the default ‘low care’ option for ageing Australians. With operators preparing to fill the ‘care gap’, the question is: will the Baby Boomers be ready to pay to stay out of residential aged care?

The DCM Group recently hosted its first Westpac ‘Leading Conversations at the Wharf’ lunch in Adelaide, where the team was joined by:

• David Moran, CEO of Southern Cross Care SA, NT & VIC; <