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Tag Archives: “Community Retirement Villages”
Community Retirement Villages – next steps
This is a drawing together of my series of blogs about a new form of Community Retirement Village. It has not been easy to distill the essence of thirty years work building and then managing a new type of retirement … Continue reading
Community Retirement Villages – Enlightened Management
Retirement villages should be a genuine partnership between residents and staff. For residents to take advantage of all the lifestyle opportunities, they need support from a management team that has a “can do culture”. The management team’s focus needs to … Continue reading
Community Retirement Villages – Surrounding Neighbourhood
A new retirement village with its range of communal facilities is the start of a new community for older people. Typically comprising around 250 apartments, a village hall, a shop, restaurant, bar, coffee lounge, library, craft room, computer suite, … Continue reading
Community Retirement Villages – Later Lifestyle Opportunities
The key issue with retirement villages is that they should offer people a range of new opportunities in later life. So many of the alternative retirement housing models are perceived by older people as a last resort option. … Continue reading
Community Retirement Villages – Innovative Finance
This is a continuation in the series of posts about a new form of Community Retirement Villages. It follows on from my introductory post on 9 September. This post will focus on the most difficult question, which if … Continue reading
Community Retirement Villages
I have built some ground-breaking Retirement Villages in my working career at ExtraCare Charitable Trust. I am pleased to say that many retirement villages have followed in their footsteps. But, are they transforming the understanding of housing and care … Continue reading