1. Intergenerational Forum
A Design Perspective 1

2. Considerations on Designing for new markets
Ageing Trends

3. The Pattern of Change Key Change Drivers. The Rate of Change
“...technological change is exponential, contrary to the common-sense intuitive linear view. So we won’t experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century, it will be more like 20,000 years of progress.”
Ray Kurzweil
Born Feb 1948
Computer Science & Literature, MIT
Founder, chairman & CEO Kurzweil Technologies Inc
Co-founder, chairman & CEO of K-NFB Reading Technology
Co-founder, chairman & CEO of Ray & Terry’s Longevity Products 3

4. Product Spectrum Community focus Retirement Community focus Care
Virtual retirement communities
Urban planned solutions
Lifestyle / stand alone facilities
Continuous
care models:
Integrated
Co-located
Residential aged care settings
Virtual Nursing Homes 4

5. Product Spectrum Virtual retirement communities
Commercial zones.
Vinegar Hill Servicemen's Club with car parking for 300 cars.
Transition care and teaching hospital.
McCall's Residential Aged Care.
Aged care information and education centre.
McCall's administration.
Community Medical Emergency Centre.
Low density housing.
Medium density housing; overs and unders.
2 to 3 storey apartments.
Secondary community facilities.
Product Spectrum
Virtual retirement communities
Urban planned solutions.
Lifestyle / stand alone facilities
Continuous care models; integrated and co-located
Residential aged care settings
Virtual Nursing Homes
Richmond NSW 5

6. Summary Trends and observations Continuing Care Communities
Community Options
Product Spectrum
Technology
Future Products
Continuing care communities are an emerging product in the Australian marketplace. 6

7. Summary Trends and observations Continuing Care Communities
Community Options
Product Spectrum
Technology
Future Products
Virtual villages and managed care solutions will increase in prominence as will smaller cluster neighbourhood developments connected socially into the urban fabric 7

8. Summary Trends and observations Continuing Care Communities
Community Options
Product Spectrum
Technology
Future Products
The Australian Product spectrum will continue to broaden with the emergence of more targeted projects. 8

9. Summary Trends and observations Continuing Care Communities
Community Options
Product Spectrum
Technology
Future Products
Future Products
Will be designed for specific target groups
Will have a clear and compelling story
Rate of change particularly in the technology areas could be exponential
Will probably not be branded with aged specific terminology 9

10. Summary Continuing Care Communities Community Options Product Spectrum
Technology
Future Products 10