State of the Union - Studying and Advancing Global Eldercare (SAGE) in the US 3rd Jan. 2012
ThomsonAdsett Principals Chris Straw and Matthew Hutchinson were joined by a group of 30 Australian seniors living facility operators and developers on a SAGE study tour to the United States. The tours were created by ThomsonAdsett in partnership with industry peak bodies to provide the Australian seniors living industry with insights into the delivery of seniors living from international examples.
The group explored several fascinating approaches to delivering seniors living, including a 'virtual retirement village' in Beacon Hill, Boston which did not have any physical buildings at all but rather linked together a community of seniors; Selfhelp in New York, which uses technology to connect seniors together at home and between its day centres; and Leonard Florence Center for Living with an innovative 'Green House' model, which moves away from wards and wings and towards domestic scale 'houses' with 8-10 rooms each.
Delegates also attended the biennial International Ageing conference held by the global peak aged care body IAHSA in Washington, DC. At the conference Chris Straw had the opportunity to sit on the review panel sharing innovative international care facilities with the conference attendees.
SAGE study tours have been operating since 2006. ThomsonAdsett organises the study tours in partnership with the three Australian peak bodies for retirement living and aged care; ACSA, ACAA and RVA.
For more information on the facilities visited on tour contact Matthew Hutchinson.
