About SARVRA

SARVRA’s mission is to enhance the lives of South Australians who live in retirement villages by representing them as a united voice within Government, the retirement village industry and retirement villages.

SARVRA was incorporated as a not-for-profit association and does not receive any Government funding. We were established collaboratively by the Council of the Ageing (COTA) and the Commissioner for Ageing in 1991. Since our beginnings, SARVRA has become an effective voice for our members and we have achieved many milestones, some of which are:

SARVRA has built close relationships with key decision makers within the State Government other parties and independent members of Parliament.
We have strong and enduring relationships with the Council of the Ageing (COTA), the Office for Ageing Well, the Aged Rights Advocacy Service (ARAS), and the Catalyst Foundation (Formerly the Seniors Information Service).
We have assisted thousands of members in seeking advice and resolution of issues for themselves or their villages.
We have assisted many villages with the formation and ongoing operation of a Residents’ Committee.
We have been a strong and supportive advocate, through submissions to the State Government, in relation to both the new Retirement Villages Act (introduced from 1 January 2018) and the Act’s supportive Regulations.
For many years SARVRA lobbied for the establishment of a State Government funded Aged Rights Advocacy Service (ARAS) to provide support to and to assist retirement village residents to understand their rights under the Retirement Villages Act. This service was introduced in 2015.

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