{"id":2347,"date":"2023-10-18T22:43:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T22:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=2347"},"modified":"2023-10-19T22:29:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T22:29:43","slug":"what-an-advertisement-beryl-now-100-has-lived-at-southern-cross-care-sa-nt-vic-mornington-retirement-village-for-22-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/lifestyle\/what-an-advertisement-beryl-now-100-has-lived-at-southern-cross-care-sa-nt-vic-mornington-retirement-village-for-22-years\/","title":{"rendered":"What an advertisement: Beryl, now 100, has lived at Southern Cross Care (SA, NT &amp; VIC) Mornington Retirement Village for 22 years\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2347\" class=\"elementor elementor-2347\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12f6bf1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12f6bf1a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-507f6528\" data-id=\"507f6528\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-239e8e7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"239e8e7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>It was in 2001 that Beryl Spencer moved into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southerncrosscare.com.au\/locations\/retirement-living\/mornington-retirement-village\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Shearwater Apartments at the retirement village in Mornington\">Shearwater Apartments at the retirement village in Mornington<\/a>, 46km southeast of Melbourne\u2019s CBD, for extra support and to remain independent.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>She celebrated her 100<sup>th<\/sup> birthday with her 98-year-old sister Edna, who still drives her own car, and still lives in Wandin Yallock, near Lilydale. She has four children Christopher, now 70, Roland, 69, Roger, 67, and Linda, 61.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Beryl\u2019s secret to a long life?&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:quote --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cEat healthy, keep busy, exercise and keep your mind busy,\u201d<\/strong> she said.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- \/wp:quote --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>She enjoys knitting, doing her own shopping, and the connections she has made with staff and residents.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cAll the people here are like a second family,\u201d she said.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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