Retirement Living News

News RETIRING overseas wasn't on Cheryl Fankhauser's bucket list, but after travelling and working in Asia the decision to retire in Malaysia was easily made.

News THE Commonwealth Bank of Australia announced this week the removal of its reverse mortgage product monthly fee.

News NEARLY half of Australians aged 50 to 70 have a super balance of less than $100,000 according to new research from MLC.

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News IT's the new gardening year for most parts of Australia as the blossom flowers appear and gardeners start dreaming of what they want to plant for summer.

News LEARN some great tips on how to select the best rescue pet for where and how you live.

News FOR some Seniors it can be a quandary working out how and where to start looking for a housemate, but one national website is offering a solution.

News HOME Care and Community Care Services can help improve their lives and ease the stress and worry on family.

Gardening SEPTEMBER is a peak planting month and if you want to capitalise on some of the tastiest recipes, you better be out in the garden.

News ONE of the major things many people have to decide later in life is whether to move into a retirement home or aged-care accommodation.

Health LOCAL carers Angel Potts and Linda Marsden are on a mission to change the state of aged care.

News WHEN you retire you leave behind five very important work benefits that most people are unwittingly dependent on during their working life.

News THE Australian aged care industry is once again in damage control after disturbing accusations were levelled at the boss of Opal Aged Care.

Health THE old saying "a man's home is his castle" could be the biggest danger with independent-living seniors the most at risk of potentially fatal falls.

News AT the age of almost 74 Peter Montgomery believes his age cohort are the fore runners to a major affordable housing crisis in Australia.

News A HOUSING affordability option for seniors is proving to be a win/win scenario for both investors and seniors alike.

News SEASONS' Aged Care Communities have been recognised at the fifth annual Eldercare Innovation Awards in Singapore.

News THERE are three main options for releasing equity in their home; reverse mortgages, the Pension Loans Scheme and shared sales proceeds arrangements.

News THE Australian Government has been warned they need to look at legislation with “5.5 million baby boomers moving into retirement”.

News NATIONAL Seniors Australia has backed an investigation into retirement giant Aveo to end the “fear and a sense of persecution” felt by vulnerable seniors.

News OLDER Australians are being caught up in the growing crisis of housing affordability.