Aging UK population demands innovation in retirement housing

The largest not-for-profit provider of retirement properties in the UK, Anchor, has said that the retirement properties that will be required by the UK's aging population will be highly innovative, and highly customisable by their inhabitants. This will allow the inhabitants of these homes to reside in them independently for a longer period of time, before they require assisted living services; Anchor explains that this will help reduce the burden on the NHS. Additionally, the retirement properties of the future, Anchor argues, must be integrated with emerging technologies in health and wellbeing, and be capable of monitoring the homeowner's personal health. 

Homes that make living easy and people less lonely are key to ensuring a happy retirement. No one can argue with that. But now Anchor, England’s largest not-for-profit provider of retirement properties, has come up with what that home will look like and how technology can help solve the problems that come with moving into old age.

The retirement property of the future certainly pushes the boundaries in terms of innovation and design, depicting a cylindrical home which can be adapted and customised. Buyers can choose everything from the amount of internal/external space they have to the size, shape and style of the garden. The house even rotates on a turntable, offering both sunlight and shade when you want it.