Talk:Retirement community

No longer work?

Some how this does not appear to be right. Many people in the communities listed as examples of a retirement community actually do work. Also, in the the US, it may not be legal to restrict access based on being retired. Vegaswikian 05:33, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Removing new entries without links to further informatiion

An operative of ACTS Retirement-Life Communities has apparently plugged into the article all the company's properties in several states. I don't see any point in listing a community that does not have a link to its own Wikipedia article and am reverting the additions. More-seasoned Wikipedians than I can probably offer better reasons these entries should not have been added. --CliffC 01:40, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

This information has been removed Kjacks11 (talk) 23:06, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Active adult communities

This buzzword has been used for a while in the real estate industry to refer to "retirement communities" or "age restricted communities". I created a redirect page to here from "Active adult community" to take this fact into account. — Rickyrab | Talk 15:43, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

Removing entries without links to further informatiion, once again

For the reasons noted above, am again cleaning out all red-linked (meaning there is no Wikipedia article on the community) entries. --CliffC 21:06, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

rated

when will this article be rated ont eh assessement scale? 82.3.127.207 (talk) 21:43, 30 October 2008 (UTC)

Balance of View

Some further mention should be included by anyone who has time to research it to include issues in such communities such as them voting themselves out of active school districts to avoid paying a school tax, etc. 204.17.31.126 (talk) 22:23, 29 October 2009 (UTC)

Scholar info about the term......

• http://scholar.google.com.hk/scholar?hl=en&q=allintitle%3A+defined+retirement+community&btnG=Search&as_sdt=2000&as_ylo=&as_vis=0

--222.67.207.131 (talk) 02:27, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

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Continuing Care Retirement Communities

The paragraph headed "Continuing Care Retirement Communities" is a stopgap for more detailed and better formated information that is being prepared for inclusion in Wikepedia, possibly in separate article. The absence of change to contextual material does not imply endorsement of its content. Michael P. Barnett (talk) 02:52, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

I added information and cleaned up this section, adding some links to other Wikipedia pages. Kjacks11 (talk) 05:22, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Additional information on LGBT retirement communities

I added information on retirement communities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adults. Let me know if you have any comments or suggestions. Kjacks11 (talk) 18:31, 28 February 2012 (UTC)

Additions and Corrections in March 2012

A small group of students in the Gerontology certificate program at the University of Georgia edited this page. Revisions were made to the introduction, NORC section, and CCRC section. New sections were added for Co-Housing and LGBT retirement communities. List of properties in each state was deleted. Minor grammar and wording corrections were made. Kjacks11 (talk) 23:09, 6 March 2012 (UTC)

Retirement Village UK Section

The section on retirement communities seems to have been edited to include links and information on Retirement Villages Ltd. This content seems to have been placed by a marketing agency and doesn't seem entirely relevant to the subject of retirement communities in the UK in general. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ukphilosopher (talk • contribs) 13:46, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Spam

Vigilance is needed to ensure that this article does not become a vehicle for spam. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 05:52, 30 September 2015 (UTC)

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After seriously studying this article, I really didn't feel like it did a good job representing the visual aspect of retirement communities. The one representation that I did see was small and not insightful.205.185.110.180 (talk) 00:25, 3 May 2022 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.185.110.180 (talk) 00:21, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Added relevant imagery. Sswebrc (talk) 15:18, 19 September 2022 (UTC)

Request to amend the United Kingdom Subsection of this Article

(Reasons: Added information and clarity to the United Kingdom development of retirement communities. Updated previously no-longer-working references/links)

With its rapidly ageing population [59], there is a growing market for a mix of independent living and assisted living retirement communities in the United Kingdom. These offer the privacy of a privately owned or rented property combined with sociable shared spaces for neighbours to meet up, helping to combat loneliness in older people. Most have a manager on-site to support the residents and manage the maintenance of shared areas.

Independent living retirement communities have an age restriction (often over 55 or later) and consist of private homes where people live independently but share some amenities, such as a garden or lounge space.

Assisted living retirement communities, also known as Extra Care, offer independent living to people who need a bit more support to live on their own. They also offer private properties alongside communal spaces for residents but they also usually provide CQC regulated domestic and personal care, have staff on-site 24/7 and may have a restaurant or health/fitness facilities too.

Retirement villages have become increasingly prevalent; according to a BBC report of August 2009, there were approximately 25,000 people across the UK living within a retirement village model at that date. Another growing trend, witnessed recently, is the emergence of Holiday Retirement Community Living.

Models vary, from local authority funded and charitable schemes such as Hartrigg Oaks in York, led by the Joseph Rowntree Trust, to privately funded projects and retirement communities such as Audley Cooper's Hill in Englefield Green by Audley Villages, Roseland Parc in Cornwall by Retirement Villages Ltd, Fleet house retirement village in Devon, and Boughton Hall in Chester by Enterprise Retirement Living Ltd.

The ExtraCare Charitable Trust operates 14 retirement villages across the UK. Founded in 1988, ExtraCare has collaborated with numerous universities to develop their services. Research projects have included working with local nurseries to bring groups of children into retirement villages, as documented on the Channel 4 series "Old People's Home For 4 Year Olds".

An umbrella organisation called the Associated Retirement Community Operators works to collaborate thinking and best practice in the retirement homes market.

A study of 2,799 residents from 81 retirement communities run by 15 operators, compared with 1000 people considering moving into a community carried out in 2019, found that community residents stayed healthier for longer, were more active, less lonely and felt more secure. C.coop.pmg (talk) 11:17, 29 April 2025 (UTC)