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Five things to look for when joining a retirement village or seniors housing community
Across Australia, almost 200,000 older Australians call a retirement village home and another 130,000 live in land lease communities. It is a major decision and Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) CEO Tom Symondson has listed five key factors to consider to ensure you…
Rise in Commonwealth Rental Assistance and Age Pension to help retirees
The latest increase in the Age Pension, Carer Payment and Commonwealth Rental Assistance (CRA) kicks in on 20 September. CRA will increase by $23 per fortnight for a single person, bringing the maximum fortnightly payment to $211.20, and an increase of $21.80 per member of…
Retirement living gives the luxury of being able to lock up and leave
Gated communities, be they a retirement village or land lease community, more often than not also have CCTV cameras, giving you complete peace of mind that you can lock your door and leave for wherever you want to and for as long as you please….
“I said to Colin ‘I love this place’ and he replied, ‘So do I’”
Cynthia and Colin Bates had loved their family home for 22 years before it became too difficult and too costly to maintain. “I had been keen to downsize for some time, but Colin really didn’t want to move,” Cynthia said. “I began looking at retirement…
Poodles give oodles of love in retirement
Many people find love online nowadays but few fall in love at first sight. That’s what happened to Carolyn Patton who was smitten from when she saw a post online about a pretty miniature poodle. “I was looking for a second poodle, saw Daisy online…
Bernice McCluskey on life in an independent living unit
The community-based Not For Profit Echuca Community for the Aged (ECA) is celebrating 20 years of its retirement village, Cunningham Downs, in the town on the banks of the Murray River and Campaspe River in Victoria. Bernice and her husband moved to Cunningham Downs in…