Residential Transition for Older Queenslanders

Queensland’s ageing population will present enormous opportunities and challenges over coming decades. Housing plays a foundational role in assuring quality of life, ageing in place, and supporting active and independent living for older Queenslanders. Local circumstances, including housing availability, community infrastructure and services, are key elements in enabling older people to live independently in their communities. Most older people want to ‘age in place’, either in their family home or in alternative accommodation in their local community. Clearly, supportive housing is integral to the future of our state. As our ageing population continues to grow at unprecedented levels, housing development, along with policies, technology and services, must find ways to respond and be prepared for the future. This report is the product of the Queensland Government-established independent Advisory Taskforce on Residential Transition for Ageing Queenslanders. The Taskforce was asked to identify the barriers to, and enablers of, increasing housing options and access to support services for older people and make recommendations that support community independent living.