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Jean, Glynn and Daphne were residents when this QLD retirement village opened its doors in 1996
Most people who enter retirement living now stay for an average of nine years, according to the 2023 PwC/Property Council Retirement Census. When Carinity Wishart Gardens opened its retirement village in the southern suburb of Brisbane in 1996, it offered an affordable choice for people…
Bill Yeates is living proof that a dementia diagnosis does not have to ruin your life
Bill, who is HammondCare’s Dementia Centre Living Experience Consultant, was diagnosed with Younger Onset Alzheimer’s Disease in July 2019, at the age of 59. Later this month, he will be in France for Walking the Talk for Dementia, which is a worldwide initiative aimed at…
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…