{"id":4827,"date":"2025-10-02T00:41:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T00:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=4827"},"modified":"2025-10-02T01:51:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T01:51:52","slug":"villages-and-land-lease-communities-support-and-help-residents-pursue-their-hobbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/retirement\/villages-and-land-lease-communities-support-and-help-residents-pursue-their-hobbies\/","title":{"rendered":"Villages and land lease communities support and help residents pursue their hobbies \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4827\" class=\"elementor elementor-4827\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0cfda27 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0cfda27\" 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-36a2a6a\" data-id=\"36a2a6a\" 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-09322d0 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09322d0\" 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>R<strong>esidents drive the activities in retirement living or land lease communities.<\/strong><\/p><p>Whether it\u2019s the wine growers at BaptistCare\u2019s The Grange retirement village in Wagga Wagga, in the NSW Riverina, or the influx of entertainers at Palm Lake Beachmere Bay, in Moreton Bay, Queensland, or the home brew craftspeople in various villages across Australia.<\/p><p>There\u2019s various card clubs, bands from residents, tennis and bowls tournaments between villages. Residents from four RetireAustralia villages gather together for bowls. It\u2019s not just sport it\u2019s the camaraderie that is so important when ageing.<\/p><p>Sarah Young, Village Manager at BaptistCare\u2019s The Grange, said residents are encouraged to pursue their passions.<\/p><p>\u201cWe help the residents partner with outside agencies, we help with providing assistance and expertise, but all the activities are resident driven. The wine makers are off in a bus to see how this year\u2019s vintage is going as I speak,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p><p>Social interaction provides six benefits:<\/p><ul><li>Increased sense of belong;<\/li><li>Greater well-being;<\/li><li>Better sleep;<\/li><li>Improved ability to manage stress and anxiety;<\/li><li>Lower risk of dementia;<\/li><li>Lower risk of mental health conditions, such as depression.<\/li><\/ul>\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-e797f97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e797f97\" 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-1933cb1\" data-id=\"1933cb1\" 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-eede01d elementor-button-success elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"eede01d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-xl\" href=\"https:\/\/thedcmgroup.createsend1.com\/t\/y-e-qhluhjd-l-c\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Return to Newsletter<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\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>Residents drive the activities in retirement living or land lease communities. Whether it\u2019s the wine growers at BaptistCare\u2019s The Grange retirement village in Wagga Wagga, in the NSW Riverina, or the influx of entertainers at Palm Lake Beachmere Bay, in Moreton Bay, Queensland, or the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retirement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4827"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4860,"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4827\/revisions\/4860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villages.com.au/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}