Shaping the Housing Grey Zone: An Australian Retirement Villages Case Study

Bevin, Kirsten

doi:10.1080/08111146.2017.1369039

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“…Retirement villages are at the heart of the senior living debate in most developed countries as they have been experiencing increasing numbers of older people [36][37][38][39][40]. This study provides both knowledge and practical implications for the development of retirement villages.…”

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confidence: 99%

Understanding Spatial Distribution of Retirement Villages: An Analysis of the Greater Brisbane Region

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The nature of the increasingly ageing populations of developed countries places residential issues of these populations at the heart of urban policy. Retirement villages as housing options for older adults in Australia has been growing steadily in recent years; however, there have been a dearth of geographical studies looking into the distribution of existing retirement villages at the regional level. This study aims to reveal the geographical distributions and cluster patterns of retirement villages in the Greater Brisbane Region of Australia to better understand and serve the living requirements of current and potential retirement village residents. The geovisualization method was adopted to visually explore the distribution patterns of retirement villages. The Global Moran’s I and Local Moran’s I measures were employed to analyze the spatial correlation and the clusters of retirement villages in the study region. The study revealed that distribution of retirement villages was not random (z-score = 7.11; p < 0.001), but clustered in nature and included hotspot patterns, especially along the coastline and Brisbane River areas. Moreover, for-profit and not-for-profit retirement villages have different distribution patterns and adopted significantly different tenure agreements. In the study region, the spatial distribution of retirement villages aligns with the aggregation trend of older residents. The findings of this study disclosed the spatial distribution patterns of retirement villages and will provide developers and policymakers with geographically referenced data for the choice of new development sites to meet the market demand of potential customers, forming aged-friendly development strategies, and eventually leading to improved quality of life for older Australians.

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Understanding Spatial Distribution of Retirement Villages: An Analysis of the Greater Brisbane Region

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“…The exit fee model, also known as the Deferred Management Fee, is a means of funding retirement housing that is distinct to Australia. It was initially made possible due to a partnership between religious charities, philanthropic institutions and government to assist low-income groups (Bevin 2018). As the proportion of wealthy older people in the population increased, the model was ideally suited as a means of down-sizing from owning a home to living in a village (Judd et al 2014).…”

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“…In the light of this inequity, there is a rationale for not directing any new or additional financial support to the retirement villages sector; especially when we know that residents who live in this type of accommodation are mostly more well-off Australians. We must also be cognisant that the demand for living in the retirement village sector has been created and managed by the for-profit sector, which has been actively campaigning for more government subsidies to fund further extension (see Bevin 2018). This is not to argue that the demand for retirement villages is entirely constructed.…”

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“…As stated, Australia is one of the nations where there has been a push by large corporate developers to market retirement villages as a 'lifestyle' choice. Some of these for-profit businesses are seeking ways to extend their market in different nation states (Bevin 2018). This noted, a point of difference can be identified in the UK and Canada where there remains a larger welfare mode of provision for aged care (Croucher et al 2006: 18).…”

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“…As Bevin (2018Bevin ( , 2019 has noted, over the last 40 years or so, the retirement villages industry has become increasingly corporate; large for-profit companies are responsible for new supply, in addition to traditional not-forprofit or small providers. There have been large advertising campaigns to convince relatively wealthy Australians that retirement villages provide households with the opportunity to live out their old age in an environment that caters for leisure, companionship and access to health services.…”

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