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Your Retirement Property – The most significant investment ever
Buying your retirement property requires more research and planning than any other property purchase you make throughout your entire life. Early on, as a young couple, you will make choices based on the best value you can get for your sometimes-limited means.ÂÂ You will sacrifice position and...
Assisted Living, Independent Living, Frail Care, Midcare – Help!
For a person investigating retirement options for a family member, all these terms can be quite confusing! And if you think these are all the terms used, there are more to confuse you even more. Terms such as: post-operative care, sub-acute care, step-down, convalescence are also frequently used ...
Understanding Senior Housing Options
Planning for your future Aging is a time of adaptation and change, and planning for the future will make sure your needs, or the needs of a loved one, are fully met. Continuing to thrive as you age means learning how to maintain your independence for as long as possible. This may mean modifying y...
Changes needed for retirement village rules – New Zealand Herald
ome retirement villages need to improve the way they communicate with residents, as well as ensuring that potential residents understand exactly what they are signing up for, according to Retirement Commissioner Diana Crossan. In a report released today she recommends changes to the 2003 Retireme...
The Right Retirement Choice
Selecting the right property for retirement is not simply a matter of selling a large property and buying a smaller property. It should form part of a well-considered retirement plan, in which the financial implications of various purchase and development options are carefully considered in light...
Retirement villages, old age homes run by Johannesburg Municipality
RETIREMENT VILLAGES AND OLD AGE HOMES IN JOHANNESBURG The below list relates to retirement villages and old age homes owned by the Johannesburg Municipality. This is a list of retirement facilities which assists those who require subsidised accommodation. There are other organisations and groups ...
Adapting to your home or finding a new one
Elderly, and old, people can do much to achieve this. Below we consider some of the things older people have identified as important to make it possible to ‘stay put’ comfortably and provide tips on how to maintain independence as we get older.If you are finding it difficult to manage, but wo...
Living in a Retirement village or home
There are many different types of sheltered housing, both to rent or to buy. They range from luxury apartments and cottages to self-contained flats, bedsits and rooms with shared facilities.They are designed mainly for older people, which you can buy or rent. It can also be called retirement hous...
SCALING DOWN WITH MAJOR BENEFITS
Living in the country is usually associated with having more space but what happens when you no longer want, or cannot afford, generous and spacious living and you definitely don’t want to live in the city? So, you may have decided to scale down but you think you may need to compromise your l...
NAPIER RETIREMENT VILLAGE REVEALS ACTUAL RETIREMENT COSTS
It might be terrifying or it could be comforting … depending upon your circumstances … but Napier Retirement Village believes it’s best to know what the real costs of retirement are on a monthly basis because if you don’t know, it would be impossible to consider what you want and ...