Now’s the time to accomplish those things you never had time for! 

Have you created your retirement ‘bucket list’ yet? Even if you haven’t written it down, you’ll probably have a mental list of places you’d still love to go, skills you’d still like to learn, and things you’d still like to achieve.

Tips to help you decide when it’s time

Most of us will reach a point in our life where we just “know” it’s time to downsize, move out of the family home, and start enjoying our retirement while we’re still active.

Here’s how your retirement can be fun... seriously!

It’s true – your retirement really can be the best time of your life. And when you stop to think about it... why wouldn’t it be fun?

Some pointers to help you weigh up your living options

So, you’ve made the decision to move into a retirement village. You’ve done a little research into how retirement villages work, the cost of living in one, perhaps even looked through a few online. It’s understandable if you may also be feeling just a bit overwhelmed with all the information and choices available to you.

Tips to help you, when you know it’s time

If you're worried about how your mum or dad are coping with living in the family home, it can be difficult to know how to talk to them about the situation.

Why true security needs both a ‘gate’ and a ‘community’

Feeling safe and secure in your own home is so important – and that’s particularly the case as we age. There’s nothing like the feeling of being able to enjoy the lifestyle you’ve worked so hard for, without having to worry about whether your home, possessions, and even you yourself are safe or not. 

Tips to help you make the best decision for your needs

How do you know when it’s time for you and your partner to move to a retirement estate?

For many people, the deciding factor is when they experience a health event, whether minor or major. Other people make the choice when the burden of looking after their house and yard becomes too onerous – or perhaps because it limits their ability to go away on holiday for an extended period.

How over 50s can enjoy a better quality of life

Like many old sayings, there’s a lot of truth in the adage that your greatest asset is your health. If your health deteriorates, it can obviously have a significant impact on many other things that you treat as valuable.

How your health can benefit from living in a retirement community

According to the Property Council of Australia’s National Overview of the Retirement Village Sector report, the supportive environment and resident funded services found in retirement villages contribute to better mental health, fewer visits to their GP, fewer hospital visits, and earlier hospital discharges than those who don't live in retirement villages.

The surprising truth about your health in retirement 

I can hear it now: “fun” and “retirement village” don’t work in a sentence together. Why? Because retirement villages are full of old people, right? Not necessarily!

I believe “old” is a state of mind as much as it is a state of being. Throughout my years of working in this industry it never ceases to amaze me when one of our residents tells me they’re almost 90 or even in their 90’s - and here I was thinking they were 75!