To encourage high quality standards and showcase excellence in all aspects of the operation and management of villages, the Retirement Living Code of Conduct (the Code) has been developed.
The Code provides retirement community owners and operators with an agreed set of standards that they should meet to ensure retirement community residents have an excellent experience. It ensures operators are accountable to their residents for the standards they have agreed to uphold, operate with integrity and can implement best business practices across their community operations.
There are several key elements to the Code that are of interest to residents’ including guidelines on what you can expect when Moving into the Community; Living in the Community; and Leaving the Community.
The Retirement Living Code Conduct came into effect on 1 January 2020.
The CRP undertakes independent oversight, monitoring and review of the Code, its content and matters referred to it by the Code Administrator.
The Panel is an independent body, comprising three (3) members and an Alternate, none of whom is a Code Signatory. The Panel members all have experience in dispute resolution. The Panel members are:
Independent Chair Dr Elizabeth Lanyon
Operator Representative Peter Nilsson
Resident Representative Alistair Christie
Alternate Jenny Clancy
Alternate Anthony Heald
The Code Administrator handles the administration of the Code on behalf of the Peak bodies. The Administrator will manage the Code Register, website and portal as well as the Complaints and Breach Registers. The Administrator will report on Code related matters and complaints and refer matters to the CRP as required.
Code Administrator Megan Hobson
Retirement communities that have registered for the Code and made the commitment to high standards in retirement living are listed here or can be identified on the map below.
For more information on the Code, please contact the Code Administrator. If you believe a community registered under the Code is not meeting its Code obligations you can lodge a complaint.
If you are an operator who wants to sign up to the Code, register here.
If you are an operator who wants to sign up to the Provisional Code, register here.
Use our search tool to find retirement villages near you that have committed to the Retirement Living Code of Conduct.
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