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‘We need to look after our grand-friends’: how childcare in aged care can help young and old

An experimental aged-care model in South Australia, where purpose-built independent retirement living apartments are co-located with an early learning centre, is seeking to foster connections between residents and children.

Published: 7 September 2025

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7 September 2025
The Conversation

In this model, one of the first of its kind in Australia, older adults live on site and pre-school children (aged between three and six) learn there, enabling daily interactions.