Shingles can be a painful and potentially debilitating condition – just ask newsreader Deborah Knight, who is 51. “It started as searing pain in my lower back, and then a weird sensation on my face, around my mouth, it felt as though I had a…

Like many married people, Ann Symes (pictured right) had never thought about living on her own. “We lived in Pooraka [12km north of Adelaide CBD] until my husband got very ill,” said Ann. “He was diagnosed with cancer. My daughter had a massive house with…

Life in a retirement village offers plenty of fun – just ask the residents at these South Australian villages. It was in 2022 when the village managers of what is now Keyton’s Townsend Park, Trinity Green, Elliot Gardens, and Vermont Estate communities across South Australia…

Transitioning to a smaller home will grow in popularity over the next decade, according to one researcher. Simon Kuestenmacher, Co-Founder and Director of The Demographics Group, said moving to a smaller residence will start becoming a mass phenomenon by the 2030s as the Baby Boomers…

If you thought that Australians seem to be retiring later than ever, you’d be right. The latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), the 2021-2021 financial year, revealed the average at retirement (of all retirees) has increased to 56.3 years. 140,000 people retired…

Ethel has been a resident at Bolton Clarke’s Fairview Retirement Village at Pinjarra Hills, 167km southwest of Brisbane’s CBD, for the past 22 years. She met her late husband Lloyd when they crossed paths during World War Two and eventually both worked for Brisbane’s Cash…