All Later living articles – Page 3
-
Insight
Make later-living homes a priority
As the Older People’s Housing Taskforce finally gets under way, it will attempt to tackle one of the biggest challenges facing the UK – how can suitable housing options be provided for later life?
-
News
Later living faces planning and perception challenges
Speakers at Property Week’s Later Living conference discussed challenges and opportunities in UK’s older people’s housing sector.
-
Markets
Care homes in a short supply
The need for care beds is outpacing supply, creating risks and opportunities.
-
News
Later Living Conference: trust in industry is key to driving sales
Trust and emotional factors play a more significant role than specific facilities for older customers deciding to move into integrated retirement communities (IRCs), according to panellists at Property Week’s Later Living Conference in London on 22 June.
-
Online
Later Living Conference: Service-led model key to cracking mid-market
Later living operators need to move from a product-led to a service-led model to create a successful mid-market offering, Tom Hartley, managing director of data and analysis firm Carterwood, said in a speech today at Property Week’s Later Living Conference.
-
News
Later Living Conference: Planning and perception biggest hurdles for Older People’s Housing Taskforce
Panel members at Property Week’s Later Living Conference in London today highlighted planning reform and negative pre-conceptions of the sector as primary hurdles for the Older People’s Housing Taskforce (OPHT) to address.
-
News
Later Living Conference: Developments need to cater to ethnic minority community needs
Older people from ethnic minority backgrounds are hesitant to move into later living developments as they often fail to provide for different cultural, dietary and community needs, according to BAME in Property founder Priya Aggarwal-Shah, speaking at Property Week’s Later Living Conference.
-
Online
Retirement Villages Group announces trio of senior hires
Retirement Villages Group has made three appointments to its senior team, with Paul Bowtell joining as the company’s first sustainability manager, Kevin O’Brien as chief financial officer and Chris Liddard as head of information technology.
-
News
Mayhew calls for EPC-style grading system for later-living accommodation
The academic behind an industry-backed review into older people’s housing is calling for the introduction of an Energy Performance Certificate-style grading system for later-living accommodation.
-
Markets
Solving the later-living housing crisis
Ahead of speaking at next month’s Later Living conference, Professor Les Mayhew tells Property Week how proposals in his report last year could transform the retirement housing sector.
-
Professional
Later living needs local planning
We often read about the problems experienced by first-time buyers, but the problems at the other end of the age spectrum are just as acute. As a consequence of the recently proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), it seems inevitable that our current shortcomings are on a ...
-
News
Older People’s Housing Taskforce gets to work
The full line-up of the long-awaited Older People’s Housing Taskforce (OPHT) was unveiled today as the group held its inaugural meeting.
-
News
Senior duo O’Neill and Caldwell return to McCarthy Stone
Retirement communities developer and manager McCarthy Stone has welcomed back two previous senior directors, Brendon O’Neill and Kim Caldwell.
-
News
Audley CEO on how taskforce could help later-living sector
Nick Sanderson on the challenges and opportunities for the government’s Older People’s Housing Taskforce
-
News
Later-living body must address key issues including regulation
Older People’s Housing Taskforce urged to encourage easy changes to stimulate investment and development.
-
News
Government launches Older People’s Housing Taskforce
The government has launched its long-awaited Older People’s Housing Taskforce (OPHT) to help improve accommodation options for the elderly.
-
News
Untold Living hires Amy Herbert as director of operations
Later living developer-operator Untold Living has recruited Amy Herbert, former director of nursing homes at the St Monica Trust, as director of operations.
-
Insight
Untold Living’s Russell Jewell on why mid-market matters for UK later living sector
If forecasts are to be believed, the slow and steady march of Britain’s later-living sector is to give way to a stampede in the delivery of new, cutting-edge retirement communities.
-
News
Ageing population primes UK care property for strong growth
Investment in UK care property markets is expected to grow in 2023 as the elderly population is projected to increase by 29% by 2050, according to Knight Frank’s UK Healthcare Market Overview 2023.
-
News
Rangeford Villages acquires Surrey retirement community site
Rangeford Villages has exchanged contracts on a five-acre site in Dorking, Surrey, where it plans to develop 153 apartments for a retirement living community.