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,…

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 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…

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…

The individual and combined effects of social isolation and loneliness on memory in middle-aged and older adults has been studied over six years and the findings are disturbing. The Canadian study published in Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics found both social isolation and loneliness had…