SATURDAY 50th edition bumper issue: The origins of retirement living
45 years into its operation, The Village Glen – located at Capel Sound on VIC’s Mornington Peninsula – is the largest retirement village in Australia with 635 villas and 231 aged care beds. Its origins however were humble, growing out of Chas...
45 years into its operation, The Village Glen – located at Capel Sound on VIC’s Mornington Peninsula – is the largest retirement village in Australia with 635 villas and 231 aged care beds. Its origins however were humble, growing out of Chas Jacobsen’s desire to foster a sense of community for ageing Australians.
“There was no retirement village industry as such in Australia. But America, of course, was 20 years ahead of us,” the 86-year-old entrepreneur tells SATURDAY digital magazine.
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