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Published on 21 April 2010 by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF), this report considers key decisions and challenges faced by organisations when developing large, complex, mixed tenure extra care retirement villages for older people.
In the past few decades there has been growing interest and investment by both the public and private sectors in extra care housing schemes for older people. These retirement villages, one of a number of extra care housing models, allow residents to live independently and access care when needed.
Given their recent nature, knowledge of the challenges associated with developing, managing, working and living in such complex, largescale schemes is limited. This report tracks the development of a new retirement village in Hartlepool and highlights the original ideas and strategic thinking behind the development. It looks at how the partner organisations worked together, how key decisions were made and the challenges and opportunities for commissioners and providers.
Telling the story of Hartfields: a new retirement village for the 21st century