Heads up, ladies: new study shows 42% gender gap in retirement savings
Confirmation of what we’ve always known – women are at a significant disadvantage when it…More
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Turns out your home really is ‘your castle’ for many Australians
National Australia Bank’s (NAB) latest quarterly wellbeing report (pictured below) found that the family home…More
Did you know Australia spends less on older people than almost any other developed country?
The Federal Government spends just 4.2 per cent of its GDP on age pensions –…More
Four in 10 Australians aged over 55 don’t have a financial plan for the next five years
That’s almost half of older Australians. Even fewer have a plan that goes past the…More
Restoring trust: new voluntary Code of Conduct for retirement village operators launched
Operators will be able to sign up to the new Code over the next 12…More
Giving residents a voice: NSW appoints new Retirement Village Ambassador
Kathryn Greiner AO will be hitting the road this week as part of a state-wide…More
Good news for Queensland retirement village and land lease community residents: new protections to start soon
Under the amendments which will be rolled out in two stages from 1 February 2019,…More
Try before you buy: West Australian retirement villages offering six months’ trial for new residents
Acacia Living Group (formerly RSL Care WA) is giving retirees the opportunity to move into…More
Home maintenance, personal care, dog walkers … but it’s not a retirement village
Yarra One is a new 268-unit development being built in Melbourne’s South Yarra that will…More
Unhappy with your aged care? You do have options
Last Saturday night I met the daughter socially of a resident in a Sydney aged…More