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2007 Annual International CHRIE Conference & Exposition 
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18-year old, not-for-profit, 59 unit retirement community affiliated with a not-for-profit hospital. 
All focus group participants were retirees as well as residents of their given retirement community. Ages 
ranged from 64 to 92. There were a total of 27 focus group participants, including 18 females (66.67%) and 9 males 
(33.33%) across the four focus groups. This is comparable to the national gender break-down, with Stimson et al. 
(2002b) noting that 64% of residents living in Australian retirement communities were female, and 36% male. 
Community tenure ranged from a low of 6 months to a high of 16 years.