But rather than to retirement living, she predicts the shift will be to assisted living. For all intents and purposes, retirement living apartments are people living independently, Ms Brennan said. “Assisted living for me is a beautiful bridge between residential care and retirement living,” Ms Brennan told Australian Ageing Agenda. Part of this shift is looking at embedding technology that can keep people safer in their home for longer, which Amaroo is looking at as it considers new assisted living and retirement living builds. “People are desperate to get into retirement living” and most people want to age in place, she said.