HOW COVID-19 IS SHAPING THE FUTURE OF SENIORS LIVING

With the elderly community most at risk, seniors’ housing (retirement living and aged care) is at the coalface of change to manage COVID-19 and any future infectious diseases.

For the past few weeks, the focus of seniors’ living providers, especially those offering residential aged care, has been literally on staying alive and protecting their staff and residents with separation measures. Aged care facilities have had a no-visiting policy for some time now, and providers like Adventist Care have needed to get inventive, offering video calling between residents and their families and, for on-site residents, personal contact through an open window where