Soprano Emily Burke entertains residents at Aveo’s Redmond Park retirement village
It pays to ask what really happens in a retirement village as not all have one of Australia’s best-known sopranos to entertain them. It pays even more to seek out the residents who organise such events at the village. Music lover Judy Frazer-Jans, a resident…
Who is playing who in the film of the book The Thursday Murder Club?
Richard Osman’s books about the exploits of a quartet at a retirement village, have sold 10 million copies across the world, and the company of Richard Spielberg, the four-times Oscar-winning filmmaker, is making a film of the first book for Netflix. Richard Osman said on…
GemLife’s residents to be mentors in schools in LifeChanger Foundation partnership
The Weekly SOURCE in February reported that the over 50s land lease provider had signed a three-year deal with the charity that runs a program that empowers and challenges young people to think differently and pursue their limitless potential. Residents from GemLife’s Tweed Waters and…
Initiatives like Ryman HealthCare’s new podcast speaks volumes of sector seeking to inform
The continuum of care pioneer is launching a podcast on Tuesday, exploring some of the burning issues ageing people face. Ryman HealthCare’s Pod of the 3rd Age (P3A), hosted by radio and TV personality Jo Stanley, delves into the opportunities, challenges and complexities of life…
The retirement plans of Australians are changing
710,000 people intend to retire in the next five years, with 226,000 in the next two years, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ latest release Retirement and Retirement Intentions, Australia. 130,000 people retired in 2022, at an average age of 64.8 years. On average,…
It’s amazing what does happen at a retirement village
Retirement living is no longer “God’s waiting room”, as actor Ian Smith states in a story below with village residents in 2024 daily undertaking many activities, inside and outside of the village. It really does pay to do your research as no two villages are…
When a retirement village was built in their suburb, Jeff and Judy Jones knew it was time
The first residents to move into RetireAustralia’s The Green in Tarragindi, a southern suburb of Brisbane, were Jeff and Judy Jones. Both aged 75, they have lived more than half their lives in Tarragindi, and with Jeff Jones Real Estate, now being run by their…
Dementia Australia: the early warning signs that a loved one may have dementia
It’s not easy to notice changes in yourself. You might think any change is just normal ageing, or the change is infrequent and not worth bothering about. These changes in your brain can make it harder for you to notice them. Your brain is what…
The perks of retirement living – look at the residents’ cookbook
The residents in Serenitas’ Over 50s lifestyle communities for the third-year running have created recipes for a cookbook, which was released on Mother’s Day. Crowd Pleasers is inspired by the social gatherings that occur across each of its communities. “The Mother’s Day cookbook has garnered…
Neighbours’ actor Ian Smith is looking at retirement villages – or at least his character Harold Bishop is
At the age of 85, Ian Smith has been checking out retirement villages. “It’s sort of like moving into God’s waiting room, isn’t it?” he tells TV WEEK. “Your last move.” “I searched around and they were all full of old people and I’m a…