Making the case for retirement villages
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Retirement villages are a relatively new type of provision in the UK, and data measuring their impact on residents’ health status and quality of life, or on the demand for other health and social care services, is limited. Drawing on the author’s own research, as well as other studies of retirement communities and housing schemes for older people, this report reviews the evidence to date on the impact of retirement villages.
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