Exercise classes for residents at Renaissance are hugely popular, thanks to accredited Exercise Physiologist Matthew Parrish who comes once a week to help residents with fitness and mobility. We asked Matthew to tell us about some benefits of why retirees should keep an active retirement lifestyle during winter.

The benefits of owning a dog in retirement

The growing belief that pets are not just good, but good for you, may make pet ownership more appealing to retirees. When selecting a retirement village, a key factor for many pet owners is if the village is pet friendly or not.

It seems like the world of aged care and retirement living is currently overflowing with buzzwords or confusing jargon such as ‘Continuum of Care’, ‘Aging in Place’, ‘Integrated Housing’, ‘Multigenerational Living’, ‘Active Aging’, ‘Memory Care’.  The list goes on …. and on and is needlessly confusing.

 Our residents are growing a healthy crop

It might be winter, but at Renaissance it's also a busy time in the community vegetable garden with residents tending their own little plot of garden creating an abundance of produce to enjoy during the cooler months. 

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!

How to decide on the right solution for your needs

Changes to the Government care scheme are on the way. It means retirees will soon need to start making decisions about how they allocate their funding allowance: which services they require, and who they want to provide these services.

Your guide to choosing the right retirement living option in the Redlands

Some decisions can be made in a split second. Others take more thought. Occasionally the decision and its impact are so significant that it requires much thought and discussion, research, professional advice, list writing and more before you can confidently make it.

Choosing your ideal Redlands retirement living is one of those monumental decisions - which is why, all too often, it's easier to put it off until another day.

Tips from Renaissance to help your decision making

At Renaissance we're always keen to do whatever we can to reduce the stress you may feel when you're thinking about moving home.

My wife and I both have parents who live interstate. My wife’s mother lives on her own. While our parents have enjoyed good health, they're now starting to have some concerns about their general wellbeing as their health begins to decline. In one case, they have had an accident in their home and couldn't get the response they need at the right time.

In the case of my father, who remarried  after the passing of my mother several years ago, we all have concerns about the wellbeing of his current wife if she had to assume the role of a carer. Sure, home care services are excellent and the carers do a wonderful job, but it doesn't remove the ever-mounting burden we feel with them living so far away.