Original sentence: In the United Kingdom retirement villages as mentioned above do not really exist.Retirement homes are very popular as is sheltered housing.Retirement villages do exist (in name anyway) but they rarely exceed 100 residents and are generally composed of independent flats within one building.The closest is probably Hartrigg Oaks in York, and other experimental projects led by the Joseph Rowntree Trust
Edited sentence: According to a recent BBC report (Aug 2009) there are.Hartrigg Oaks in York led by the Joseph Rowntree Trust through to.In the United Kingdom retirement villages are becoming more and more.Models do vary - from local authority funded and charitable schemes such as.Operators UK (ARVOUK) working to collaborate thinking and best practice in.The latter opened their first scheme in the UK over 25 years.There is.ago so the model is not so new to the UK as people think.approximately 25,000 people across the UK now living within a retirement.now an umbrella organisation called the Association of Retirement Village.privately-funded projects such as Roseland Parc in Cornwall by Retirement Villages Ltd.this popular retirement homes market.village model