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More taxpayer funds for Men’s Sheds with $10,000 grants available
131 Men’s Sheds will share almost $670,000 in Australian Government funding to continue supporting the health and wellbeing of their community. Up to $10,000 each will be awarded to help sheds with improving their facilities, buying tools and equipment, coordinating health-related training, and hosting events…
Can I afford to retire and enjoy the lifestyle?
Is your partner starting to talk about retirement, or are you beginning to feel it is time to step back from work? Whatever the reason, you may be asking: can I afford to retire? It is a personal decision that requires a lot of thought…
The five types of tenancy in a retirement village
When looking into buying an independent living unit in a retirement village, there are lots of things to consider – cost, choosing the contract that most suits the buyer’s situation and the tenancy. Here are the following types of tenancy, which the buyer will be…
85-year-old Rudi is the best advertisement for the retirement living sector
Retirement villages are often confused with aged care homes, and at time disparaged for being segregated from the wider community. The sector can learn from this story in News Corp’s QWeekend magazine about Rudi Bianchi, who is a resident at Blue Care’s Azure Blue Carina retirement village…
How this financial adviser saved a client $20,000 a year in move from retirement living to aged care
Making the move from retirement living into residential aged care can be hard for you and your family. Shaun Ganguly, a financial planner from Aged Care Financial Planning and Retirement Village Financial Advice, said it is critically important to seek professional advice. You need to…
Retirement living is cheaper than ever
With property prices still rising, the retirement living sector is trumpeting that its homes are comparatively cheaper now. “This week at a fabulous ECH Inc. community we launched the latest Retirement Living Census. It reveals that an average two-bedroom retirement village unit across Australia is…