Thursday, 13 May 2021, 3:57 pm
On
30 April, Australia’s building ministers agreed to include
minimum accessibility standards in the 2022 National
Construction Code. This decision reflects how housing needs
to be more flexible to meet the changing needs of an aging
population during the next decades.
Within 40 years,
the number of Australians with a mobility limitation is
estimated to almost double from 3 million to nearly 6
million.
The recent challenges experienced by the aged
care sector during the Covid-19 pandemic highlights the
importance of enabling people to “age in place” and
remain in their own home for as long as possible.
Some
simple changes to all new builds will result in a vast