Environment & Design

Passive house solution for retirees

An Australian retirement living operator is leading the way in sustainable design, piloting a high-performing home that delivers thermal comfort…

Older Australians vulnerable to housing precarity

More older Australians are facing multiple, often overlapping forms of housing precarity, including homes that cost too much or fall…

The climate crisis is a health crisis: WHO

The World Health Organization has declared that the climate crisis is the greatest threat to global health in the 21st…

Design transforms dementia care

Far from being a mere backdrop, thoughtful and compassionate design can have a significant impact on the independence, safety, and…

‘Grand-friends’: Why childcare is good for aged care

An experimental aged-care model in South Australia, where purpose-built independent retirement living apartments are co-located with an early learning centre,…

Iconic Sydney aged care makeover masterplan

The RSL ANZAC Village retirement and aged care complex at Narrabeen plans to modernise and upgrade its facilities with its…