Independent Living Units
Moving across town
This is a story of one of our Home at Last clients, Alma Diri. Alma, 74, first approached Home At Last about 9 years ago. Following her divorce from her partner, Alma lived with her daughter for some time. However, she had to leave her daughter’s place and look for alternative accommodation to continue living… …
Posted in: Client Stories, Housing Support
Essential Services Commission seeks feedback on Embedded Electricity Networks
The Essential Services Commission has released an Electricity Distribution Code Review issues paper requesting feedback on the questions put forward about the rights, responsibilities, services and protections offered to people by their electricity providers and distributors. Many people who get in touch with HAAG’s Retirement Housing Advice Service are residents of retirement housing options such… …
Posted in: News Updates, Caravan Parks, Residential Parks, Retirement Housing, Retirement Villages, Retirement Housing Advice Service
Independent Living Units Working Group
The Independent Living Unit (ILU) Working Group operated between 2011 and 2017. The ILU working group is now operating under the new title- ‘Retirement Accommodation Action Group‘.Between 2011 and 2017 the ILU working group worked to: -Represent the rights of residents, and to examine the issues experienced by residents, of Not-For-Profit (NFP) retirement villages and… …
Posted in: Retiremement Accomodation Action Group, Retirement Housing
Launch of ‘Independent Voices’ Report
View info about this event: The Launch of Independent Voices …
Posted in: Galleries, Retirement Housing, Campaigns, Victoria
Independent Voices: Collecting and recording the experiences of residents of Independent Living Units in Victoria
July 2016 Prepared by Aoife Cooke, HAAG Project Worker Download …
Posted in: Reports, Retirement Housing, Retirement Housing Advice Service
Report adds fuel to inquiry into units
By Simon Garner, The Senior 23 July 2016 …
Posted in: Media Releases, News Updates, Retirement Housing
Independent Voices
Independent Living Units were built roughly from the 1950s to the 80s as a form of housing for older people – but since government funding for the program ended, nobody’s really looked at the conditions or issues for the many thousands of people still living in them. Aoife Cooke recently completed a report – Independent… …
Posted in: Podcasts, Retirement Housing
The Launch of Independent Voices
HAAG hosted the launch of our new report on the 26th July at the Multicultural Hub on Elizabeth St in the city. We had a good attendance of about 40 people. More Photos Read the report …
Posted in: Events, Retirement Housing, Campaigns, Victoria
Independent Voices project launch
Collecting & recording the experiences of residents of Independent Living Units in Victoria Housing for the Aged Action Group (HAAG) is launching a project to explore the experiences of residents living in not-for-profit retirement villages in the northern metropolitan area and the Loddon Mallee and Grampians regions. At the end of February, the Victorian parliament… …
Posted in: News Updates, Regional issues, Retirement Housing
Looking for Home – Finding Community
A film that touches on the sense of community created by older people housed in a complex of independent living units. …
Posted in: Videos, Client Stories, Videos, Retirement Housing