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Interesting visit
ON Tuesday March 7, the Age Care Association, Calahonda group received an interesting and very enjoyable visit from the president and two of his colleagues from the ‘Soy de Mijas’ party.
Their President, Marco
Musumeci, Treasurer, Antonio Parilla González and their Senior and Retiree manager, Fuensanta Santos de la Rubia were all delighted to attend the Age Care coffee morning and social get together at Club Naranja in Calahonda.
They loved chatting to all the Age Care members and were particularly interested in the variety of activities on offer and impressed by the amount of different help that Age Care provides its clients, even offering more suggestions for the future.
Marco very generously gave everyone a small gift before leaving, and the Age Care Association expressed their thanks and gratitude for the visit and the immense interest they showed this totally voluntary organisation.
The Age Care Association meets in Fuengirola, Benalmadena, Calahonda, Coin and Alhaurin el Grande the Calahonda group meets every Tuesday and Thursday at Club Naranja from 10.1512.15. Just call in to see them if you are interested.
By making the lifestyle choice to retire in Spain, you’ll want to make the most of what the country has to offer, hopefully well into the future. This may be longer than you expect. Thanks to medical advances and a better quality of life, people are generally living longer than before.
Living to a ripe old age does sound appealing, provided we are healthy enough. There are, however, implications at both personal and government levels, with the key issue being: can we afford it?
The longer we live, the longer we need our savings to last. For peace of mind, assess whether your resources are on track to last throughout your lifetime.
Income and inflation
The inflation levels we have seen for the last year or so were certainly an eye-opener on how it can impact our monthly living costs, but even low levels, compounded year after year, will reduce how far a fixed income will stretch in the future.
Say, for example, you spend €5,000 a month. Assuming an inflation rate of 3% a year, in 10
