14 artistic residents star in Aveo’s 2025 Resident Art Competition Calendar
It is always important to check the amenities and what activities are available at a retirement village before moving in. Most provide art classes and encourage everyone to try and find or rediscover their artistic trait. With the theme ‘Grounded in Community’, the 2025 Aveo…
The contents of this photograph may help stave off dementia
With Christmas being the time for families and friends to get together, new research shows it is the time to put away the TV remotes and buy yourself, or tip a relative to buy you, a good read for Christmas. Assessing the 24-hour activity patterns…
Christmas highlights the community involvement in retirement living
The return of retirement village operator Sundale’s Community Christmas Carols was a bigger success than expected, with up to 2,500 attending this year’s event. “We knew it had always been a well-loved community event but we are now becoming aware of how important it always…
The land lease operator creating communities with a meal voucher
Retirement living operators and residents are always formulating ideas to make life better. In 2021, land lease operator Palm Lake Resorts launched a resident meal voucher system to try and help create a community at its over 50s lifestyle resorts – and it works across…
Why live alone when retirement living can give you a new life?
More than one in four (26%) households are now occupied by one person, which is up from 24% in 2016 and 18% in 1981, according to the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Of people living alone 55% were women and 45% were men. Half of…
Spotting the warnings signs in ageing loved ones at Christmas
Christmas is the time of year when the entire family gets together and the time of year when people seek out retirement living after seeing a deterioration in loved ones. Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities Founder and CEO Phil Usher says there are several key physical…
Seniors’ eyes can change colour
As people age, there are occasions in which the eye colour can change. A change in eye color occurs in up to 15% of all Caucasian people. An eye color change can be harmless, but there are some conditions that will cause the Iris to…
Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club inspires residents into print
The Englishman’s 2020 murder mystery novel, which is being turned into a film for Netflix viewers, has encouraged residents at Uniting’s retirement villages to write a book. The First Thursday Memoir Writing Group consists of 13 residents from Uniting’s McRae-McMahon Place and Hawkins Place in…
Inviting the community to share Christmas with seniors
For the fourth successive year, Odyssey Lifestyle Care Communities in Robina, on Queensland’s Gold Coast, invited the community to its Christmas Night Markets and celebrate Christmas with their seniors. The Night Markets, which were held yesterday afternoon, was a free and fun community event for…
Seniors Exercise Parks are taking off
With the population ageing, there are some great initiatives taking place. Being physically active is great for your body and mind and exercise parks built specifically for seniors are increasing. The latest Seniors Exercise Park, which supports gentle exercise and activity, is in Simmons Park,…