Age-friendly villages should be an option for ageing: retirement living industry

Retirement villages have been overlooked as a potential model of care for Australians, proponents say, amid a government focus on home care. The royal commission’s final report recommended specific funding for assistive technology and home modifications to promote independence in daily living tasks and reduces risk to living at home safely. It made no recommendations in relation to retirement living.

The WHO’s age-friendly environments promote housing and neighbourhoods “free from physical and social barriers and supported by policies, systems, services, products and technologies” to enable older people, promoting older people’s inclusion in and contribution to communities, as well as reducing inequities.

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