After being inspired by Marcus Pearce at the National Retirement Living summit in June, Mel Akehurst, Community Manager at Aveo’s Bayview Gardens retirement village, challenged residents to live their best life. “At first the residents suggested jumping out of a plane but I wasn’t keen,…

For Toowoomba gardener Harley Brady, a part-time role at Retire Australia’s Drayton Villas Retirement Village, came with an unexpected perk: being able to spend more time with his grandfather, Brian Brady, who lives in the village. What started as a job tending the gardens has…

It is common now for retirement village residents to be able to access home care services in the village, now referred to as Support at Home. Village residents at Bolton Clarke Fairways in Bundaberg North have a new home care booking service that’s helping them…

More and more retirement villages play competitive sport against each other. The greens at Living Choice Fullarton, in the inner southern suburb of Adelaide, were alive with colour, laughter, and friendly rivalry as residents gathered for the much-loved Inter-Village Lawn Bowls Competition. With perfect weather…

Sixty-three years after saying “I do,” ECH residents Chris and John Thorne prove that love only grows stronger with time, renewing their wedding vows in an intimate ceremony at the Cumberland Park Community Centre, in the inner-southern suburb of Adelaide. When ECH was contacted by…

When Gary Briggs’ wife died about two years ago, his life changed for the worse. “Eventually, I realised I was sitting at home in a dirty big house, far too big for me, and I was by myself all day long, talking to myself all…