Community is the best medicine: UK town cuts hospital admissions – with social program
Emergency hospital admissions in the UK town of Frome have fallen by 17 per cent…More
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Affordable housing and intergenerational living? It’s the new face of retirement villages
Not-for-profit provider BaptistCare has just announced plans for a new development for western Sydney that…More
87-year-old Perth village resident honoured with Commonwealth Games Baton Relay leg
A resident at National Lifestyle Villages’ Lake Joondalup Community, Margaret Cockman was cheered by around…More
Why a retirement village is better than a house: new report
A new report has revealed that retirement villages are more affordable than residential homes when…More
How do you build a retirement village that’s “inside out”?
Not-for-profit Anglicare is doing just that – spending $70 million to create a village where…More
Would you work until you’re 105?
Ric Edelman, founder and executive chairman of the US-based Edelman Financial Services, has told Business…More
Everybody needs good neighbours? Not in Australia
37 per cent of us don’t want to get to know our neighbours, according to…More
Like apples and oranges: why you can’t compare retirement villages and aged care
Retirement village costs have received a lot of media attention recently and this story here…More
Aveo retirement village residents get groovy at 60’s casino night – and reject media spin
Residents at Freedom Aged Care Banora Point have let their hair down at the village’s…More
“We need $5 million-plus in funding now”: Meals on Wheels tells Government
The sixty-year-old Not-for-Profit is asking the Government for a $5 million increase in its base…More