Our care & retirement living blog

We take a look at the first LGBTQ retirement community in London to discover what it’s all about.

When it comes time to retire, many people are left wondering whether they should downsize and move into a retirement home. Here are some of the benefits that come with making this move.

What do people enjoy about retirement living during the festive period?

How to overcome obstacles to retirement living and find your perfect new property.

 This article by freelance writer Rachel Bashford will give you updates on the reasons behind the boom in retirement living, the hotspots in UK retirement living and future retirement living trends throughout the UK.

For the first time in reported statistics, there has been an increase in the number of over-65s identifying as LGB, up from 0.7% of this age category in 2018 to 1.0% in 2019.

Noting the changes in societal attitudes, the ONS explains the data change as being influenced by a greater acceptance in society towards people expressing different sexual identities.

Why are an increasing number of single older people selecting retirement living as their lifestyle choice? How do we compare to the rest of the world?

The retirement housing market is attracting the attention of big investors. With a lack of housing stock to home the growing number of over-65s in the UK, we take a look at how investment is changing the face of retirement living.

Less UK residents live in retirement communities than in other international countries. We discover what has held them back and why that seems to be changing.