{"id":3719,"date":"2024-11-07T11:10:05","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T11:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=3719"},"modified":"2024-11-07T14:48:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T14:48:30","slug":"may-backhouse-has-lived-in-a-retirement-village-for-36-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/retirement\/may-backhouse-has-lived-in-a-retirement-village-for-36-years\/","title":{"rendered":"May Backhouse has lived in a retirement village for 36 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3719\" class=\"elementor elementor-3719\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-abcc9d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"abcc9d5\" 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-fabd1b5\" data-id=\"fabd1b5\" 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-ce5fb4c elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ce5fb4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" 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>May, who resides at Aveo\u2019s Derwent Waters Retirement Living in Claremont, Hobart, Tasmania, is the longest residing resident of any Aveo community in Australia.<\/p><p>She moved into Derwent Waters Retirement Living just after it had opened.<\/p><p>\u201cI have no other family living in Tasmania so the community here at Derwent Waters is like a family to me,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p><p>\u201cAfter so many years it really is where I consider \u2018home\u2019. I know all my neighbours and the staff have become my friends too. They are always at the end of the phone 24\/7 and I have security and friendship.<\/p><p>\u201cI live in a very comfortable two-bedroom villa with magnificent water views that in Sydney would cost me $5 million. I love just sitting here looking out my window as the mighty Derwent River flows past.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73b1f0c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73b1f0c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-40c2225\" data-id=\"40c2225\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3170d15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3170d15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture2-768x513.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3726\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture2-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture2-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture2-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture2-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture2-585x391.jpg 585w, https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Picture2.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e157189 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e157189\" 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-c5f5f73\" data-id=\"c5f5f73\" 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-25f4eea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"25f4eea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>Aveo CEO Tony Randello, Derwent Waters Community Manager Alison Bracken and May last month.<\/em><\/p><p>While May says she might be the resident with the longest individual connection to Derwent Waters, there are several others who have generational ties.<\/p><p>\u201cI think it\u2019s the best recommendation when family members choose to retire where their parents had once lived,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p><p>The community provides 112 villas and 44 apartments with services. Facilities include a restaurant with an onsite chef, hair salon, a bowling green and community vegetable gardens. The community centre, indoor pool and its facilities have undergone recent refurbishments.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May, who resides at Aveo\u2019s Derwent Waters Retirement Living in Claremont, Hobart, Tasmania, is the longest residing resident of any Aveo community in Australia. 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