Included in the March 2012 edition:

• An article by the RVRA Honorary Solicitor, Peter Hill on Operators varying contracts and on enforcement of CTTT Hearings
• A report by the President, Jan Pritchett, outlining some aspects of the RVRA work in the past three months and a report on the Special General Meeting held in February.
• A report by the Secretary, Malcolm McKenzie commenting on his work with the Minister’s Expert Committee for the Standardisation of Contracts, and the Retirement Villages Advisory Council.
• A report from Vice-President Judith Daley about the RVRA submission to NSW Parliamentary Law and Justice Committee and her appearance at the Inquiry; NCOSS Aged Care Alliance; and the Energy and Water Consumer Advocacy Program
• Did You Know? Items on Broadband for Seniors and computer clubs. ‘Correction Notice’ – ‘Did You Know’ article, Page 7, in the first par. It should read 2013, and not 2012.
• A report from Committee Member Bill Plant on the enjoyment of being on the RVRA Committee and the new Facebook page.
• A summary of a market Survey Report on Retirement Villages
• An article by Eddie Boyle of Careways about care services for the future.

31 March 2012

Financial Review

No one likes to picture themselves or their loved ones languishing in a nursing home. Settling into a retirement village seems to be much more acceptable as a final place to live. Earlier this month Smart Money looked at the challenges involved in organising a move into aged care from the family home.

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31 March 2012

Sydney Morning Herald by Mike Carlton

This is especially true of the operators of these so-called retirement resorts who prey shamelessly upon elderly folk and their families at a venerable time in their lives.

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