“I just never wanted my children to get a phone call saying ‘your mum’s had a fall, you’ve got to find a bed for her.”
Virginia Thiessen worked in aged care all her life and knows what happens to people when they suffer a traumatic accident when living at home alone. “I just never wanted my children to get a phone call saying, ‘your mum’s had a fall, you’ve got…
The residents of Goodwin Village Crace, Canberra, walk 136kms in 12 hours for Dementia Australia
Goodwin CEO Stephen Holmes with walkers Michael Adler (98) and event organsier Sue Brudenall. 98-year-old resident Michael Adler was the first to sign up. He was one of the 170 residents, aged 62 to 98-year-old Michael, at the retirement village who, walking solo and in…
Celebrate who you are: why anti-ageing is dead, says actor Helen Mirren, 77
It’s a sign of how perceptions of ageing are changing when in 2024, Andie McDowell and Helen Mirren are employed as Global Ambassadors by the cosmetic, haircare, and perfume company L’Oréal Paris. Helen, 77, and the narrator of Barbie, the world’s most popular movie of…
Tinnitus can be debilitating – now there’s hope for the millions affected
A research team, led by the University of Auckland, New Zealand, has developed a chatbot therapy app that, in a published trial, reduced the impact of tinnitus in two-thirds of users in just weeks. Older adults are more likely to experience tinnitus because of age-related…
Six reasons to consider going into a retirement village
According to the Retirement Living Council’s new report ‘Better Housing for Better Health’, released earlier this month, there are six key reasons to consider entering retirement living. Better health Retirement villages combine communal facilities, programs and services to improve both the physical and social…
Retirement living provider’s Senior Gyms celebrate 20 years of keeping older people fit
Over the last two decades, Not For Profit Uniting NSW.ACT has helped more than 15,000 people aged 60 and over across Sydney, regional NSW and the ACT to improve their overall health and wellbeing, which in turn helps them to age well by remaining independent…
The health and mental benefits of retirement living are a must-read
If you have ever considered moving into a retirement village, you need to read this report. This week, the industry’s peak body, the Retirement Living Council (RLC), released a new report ‘Better Housing for Better Health’, which underlines the benefits of retirement living. The first-of-its-kind…
Free access to shingles vaccine for people aged 65 and above from 1 November
The Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler, has announced that everyone aged 65 years and over, First Nations people 50 years and over, and immunocompromised people 18 years and over at high risk of herpes zoster infection, will have free access to the…
What an advertisement: Beryl, now 100, has lived at Southern Cross Care (SA, NT & VIC) Mornington Retirement Village for 22 years
It was in 2001 that Beryl Spencer moved into the Shearwater Apartments at the retirement village in Mornington, 46km southeast of Melbourne’s CBD, for extra support and to remain independent. She celebrated her 100th birthday with her 98-year-old sister Edna, who still drives her own…
Estimates that 401,300 Australians were living with dementia in 2022
With Australia’s ageing population, this number is expected to rise to more than 849,300 by 2058. Although dementia can affect people aged under 65, it primarily affects older Australians. A new summary report by the Government’s Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) ‘Dementia in…