Category: Retirement

Transitioning to a smaller home will grow in popularity over the next decade, according to one researcher. Simon Kuestenmacher, Co-Founder and Director of The Demographics Group, said moving to a smaller residence will start becoming a mass phenomenon by the 2030s as the Baby Boomers…

If you thought that Australians seem to be retiring later than ever, you’d be right. The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the 2021-2021 financial year, revealed the average at retirement (of all retirees) has increased to 56.3 years. 140,000 people retired…

Ethel has been a resident at Bolton Clarke’s Fairview Retirement Village at Pinjarra Hills, 167km southwest of Brisbane’s CBD, for the past 22 years. She met her late husband Lloyd when they crossed paths during World War Two and eventually both worked for Brisbane’s Cash…

Seniors Card are a valuable asset and the new discount deals are worth knowing as the cost of living keeps on rising. On 10 February this year, the South Australian Government released the 2024 Seniors Card Discounts and Deals Directory. The directory, like in other…

With people living longer, it is pleasing to learn that people aged 75 and over are almost 90% more likely to be physically active than they were in 2011-12, with the proportion undertaking 150+ minutes of exercise increasing to almost 50%. Tim Hicks, Bolton Clarke’s…

Ask anyone on the street and they will likely tell you that dementia is a ‘normal’ part of ageing. A 2019 survey of 70,000 people by Alzheimer’s Disease International (ADI) found two-thirds of respondents thought that dementia was an inevitable part of getting older. Almost…

Around 260,000 Australians now live in a retirement village, and the industry’s peak body says one of the key attractions of retirement living is the cost. The Property Council’s Retirement Living Council states the sector can provide affordability in an otherwise unaffordable housing market. As…

Moving into a retirement village is a big step for many people, particularly if they have lived in the family home for many years. The fear that you may later need to leave your village home to move into residential aged care can deter many…

The consumer is the winner with the introduction of a live public register for the retirement village sector in NSW. NSW Fair Trading, which regulates the sector, said the public register is the latest reform to provide greater protections for consumers and improve transparency and…