The show follows 11 retirement home residents and 10 pre-school aged children, who spend time with each other playing games and participating in different planned and mixed activities.
[2][3] It was renewed in August 2020[4] for a second series which premiered at 8:30 pm on 6 April 2021.
[5][6] On 30 August 2022, ABC premiered a five-part series titled Old People's Home for Teenagers, where seniors aged between 74 and 93 years old, and teenagers aged between 14 and 16 years old, participate in the experience.
[7] During episode 2, after two weeks into the experiment, 76-year old senior participant James 'Jim' Tully died during filming.
After a 5-day pause in filming, the episode dealt with his death and allowed the seniors and teenagers an opportunity to share in their grief of the loss of their new friend.