With rising rates of dementia in the community and few legal avenues to move residents on from the village, retirement living operators are facing a growing dilemma: how can they support older people living with dementia? Enter Group Homes Australia.

With the aim of ‘Doing Dementia Differently’, Group Homes Australia (GHA) has expanded to 23 homes across Sydney as it looks to deliver its ‘real home’ model to more older Australians.

Founded 12 years ago by Executive Director Tamar Krebs (pictured top), its solution sees six to 10 people living with dementia in a family home on a typical suburban street.