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May 13, 2025 In News

Older Adult Care Hubs

A combination of changes is coming to the aged care sector this year that will have positive outcomes if the federal and state authorities are aligned. The Commonwealth’s new Support at Home Program and smaller home model for aged care looks like a comfortable fit for the State’s proposed Integrated Older Adult Care Hubs announced at the state election. Building and locating these hubs will be the key. Metro station precincts are obvious locations along with regional centres. Designed correctly, the hubs can fill the ‘care gap’ between aging in place and full-service facilities.

April 15, 2025 In News

$31.2M in Govt funding to trial virtual nurses in aged care

As reported in The Weekly Source, it’s great to see regional communities continue to pioneer innovation in the delivery of aged care services with virtual nursing. We are also seeing examples of innovation with transitional housing for aged care workers in regional areas. Some aged care homes are future proofing their infrastructure by expanding residential capacity to house workers from out of town in the short-term. Eventually these dwellings could transition to retirement living when permanent housing for the workers becomes available in town centres.

July 16, 2024 In News

5 Decades of Excellence in Full-Service Designing

The secret to a great design outcome is managing the project delivery professionally and seamlessly. KPA embraced this concept very early in WA by becoming a ‘full service’ design firm coordinating all aspects of a project. This has evolved to include human-centred design discovery, architectural, drafting, interior design, project management, and construction supervision services. You can see the benefits of this total project management approach in our successful recent large and small projects, like Opal Healthcare’s 120 bed aged care home in Treeby, and the three-unit modular-built Specialist Disability Accommodation in Wonthella Geraldton. KPA was actively involved in their design and project delivery.

May 29, 2024 In News

Five Decades of Retirement Living Excellence

Creating new housing for people to enjoy retirement is core business at KPA Architects. We have participated in 17 major projects in Perth and regional WA, including Bethanie Gwelup Retirement Village, which won the inaugural Property Council of Australia’s Retirement Living Innovation Award in 2017. An exciting new project for KPA is the Collie Riverview Retirement Village in South-West WA, designed to deliver smart contemporary living in a pristine regional setting. As we celebrate 50 years of service, we look forward to continuing to assist our clients in serving their communities with leading projects into the future.

March 7, 2024 In News

Retirement Living for the Local Community

The Collie Riverview Retirement Living development, designed by KPA Architects, is a good example of housing created for the specific needs of a local community.

KPA Director, Todd Paterson states: “Community-led development is becoming more common with the new generation of retirees”.

The sixty independent living units and clubhouse proposed for Collie Riverview is designed to enable aging in place, in regional WA. The project also reflects the latest survey by National Seniors Australia, which found retirees want more housing choices based around local activities and needs.

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