The biggest challenge in retirement is solved in a village or lifestyle resort
In 1938, researchers from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, embarked on a study that continues to this day to find out: what makes people happy in life? The researchers gathered health records from 724 people from all over the world, asking detailed questions about their…
To help employee wellness, RetireAustralia’s workforce stepped through all 29 of RetireAustralia’s villages and back, over three times
The secret to a great retirement community is its workforce and one of the country’s leading operators RetireAustralia takes the health of its own employees seriously. As part of its employee wellness program, RetireAustralia partnered with Healthy Workplaces to launch ‘The Amazing RAce’, a virtual…
New Shingles vaccine does even better at delaying onset of dementia
A UK study, published in Nature Medicine, suggests Shingrix, a relatively new vaccine given to protect older adults against shingles, is a better protection at delaying the onset of dementia, than the previous shingles vaccine, Zostavax, which also helped prevent the illness. The study…
Personalised exercise classes and one-on-one sessions in retirement living
IRT CEO Patrick Reid said it explored many ways to help enhance the well-being of residents and customers. “We understand how important it is for older Australians to maintain their independence so they can keep doing the things they want, when and how they want…
WA Seniors Card launches its 2024-25 Discount Directory
WA Seniors card members just received annual cost-of-living rebate, launched in 2009, of $160. The Western Australian Minister for Seniors, Don Punch, has announced the release of the 2024-25 WA Seniors Card Discount Directory. This year, a focus on increasing regional business partnerships is reflected…
The things you must know if considering retirement living
The age a person is legislated to enter a retirement village is 55, yet the expected retirement age for men in Australia is 66.2 years, the highest since 1972, and 64.8 years, the highest since 1971, for women. The latest Property Council PwC Retirement Living…
Ten-pin bowling is in every GemLife land lease resort and that is far from all
The marketing gurus of retirement living know the clubhouse, or even clubhouses in some resorts, are the first thing that grabs interested people’s attention. There is also word of mouth. Tricia Ferguson, who lives at GemLife Highlands in the town in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland,…
Three minutes of exercise really will help you get a good night’s sleep
Most people find that ageing causes people to have a harder time falling asleep, and that they wake up more during the night like never before. Would you believe that simple exercises before going to bed help can be good for you? This conflicts with…
Brenda Murnane’s has had 33 years in care and is still smiling
Brenda was the first resident when TriCare opened Mt Gravatt Retirement Community in Mount Gravatt, in Brisbane’s southern suburbs. “It’s very surreal celebrating 33 years of this incredible community – a lot has changed since the day I first moved in,” said Brenda, now aged…
$134 gas price rise coming from 1 August
Major energy companies AGL and Origin have now revealed their gas rate hikes to households. Electricity and gas payments are the responsibility of residents in retirement villages, and phone and internet charges. However, the price hikes will be felt more in homes where only one…