Retirement village residents raise $130,000 for Australian Charity
It started with bake sales, movie nights, raffles and a few friendly quizzes. Twelve months later, residents and staff at Ryman Healthcare’s retirement villages across Australia have raised an extraordinary $130,566.25 for Dementia Australia. The achievement was celebrated with a special cheque presentation at Ryman…
Retirement living friendships should not stop at the front gate
When choosing retirement living or a land lease community, you would be mad not to know what is possible outside the gates. Moving into seniors living can open the door to new friendships, shared activities and a more social lifestyle. But those connections should not…
1,000 sunflower seeds bring retirement village residents together
Who would have thought a packet of sunflower seeds could bring so much happiness? At 93, Doug Tucker decided to try something new. With wife Margaret by his side, he started growing sunflowers at BlueCare‘s Elanora Retirement Village in Elanora, Gold Coast, Queensland. Before long,…
It started with a game of pool. Then the whole village joined in
A few mates from a retirement village getting together for a game of billiards and a beer might not seem like anything extraordinary. But at Pinnacle Living‘s Bellarine Springs Retirement Village, in Drysdale, 20km from Geelong, Victoria, those regular gatherings have grown into something much…
How retirement village residents are helping each other
Sometimes, making a new friend or rediscovering an old hobby can make an enormous difference to how we feel. And a new program involving retirement village and aged care residents has shown just how powerful those small changes can be. BaptistCare has trialled a six-week…
10 land lease communities come together for the GemLife Games
There is nothing else like this in seniors living. Homeowners in 10 of GemLife’s Over 50s resorts came together at GemLife Gold Coast last month for two action-packed days of sport, laughter and friendly rivalry at the biggest GemLife Games yet. Teams from GemLife Gold…