{"id":3880,"date":"2024-12-18T08:30:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T08:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=3880"},"modified":"2024-12-18T08:31:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T08:31:26","slug":"why-live-alone-when-retirement-living-can-give-you-a-new-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/retirement\/why-live-alone-when-retirement-living-can-give-you-a-new-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Why live alone when retirement living can give you a new life?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3880\" class=\"elementor elementor-3880\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-959415f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"959415f\" 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-7eb9a09\" data-id=\"7eb9a09\" 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-79391b2 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"79391b2\" 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>M<strong>ore than one in four (26%) households are now occupied by one person, which is up from 24% in 2016 and 18% in 1981, according to the Australian Institute of Family Studies.<\/strong><\/p><p>Of people living alone 55% were women and 45% were men. Half of women living alone were aged 65 years or older, compared to one-third (32%) of men living alone.<\/p><p>When Aileen Thomson&#8217;s husband died from myeloid leukemia, she moved into Southern Cross Care (SA, NT &amp; VIC)&#8217;s The Waterford retirement village in Myrtle Bank, 6km from Adelaide.<\/p><p>&#8220;My girls (she has three daughters) say I&#8217;m busier than ever,\u201d said Aileen, who has been at The Waterford for eight years.<\/p><p>She attends weekly exercise classes, plays Mahjong, bridge and bingo and is one of 14 women who meet weekly to knit and have a cuppa and catch up.<\/p><p>It is not plain sailing entering a retirement village. 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