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Seniors Week
SENIORS WEEK
seniors week
October’s the month for seniors to shine
The Victorian Seniors Festival runs throughout October, with Seniors Week celebrations happening from October 6-13. So if you have an exceptional 60-plus person in your life or are one very special senior yourself, now’s the time to start thinking social, fun and friendfocused activities.
More than 2500 free or low-cost events will be running across the state next month as seniors hit the streets looking for like-minded adventurers. Free public transport for Victorian Seniors Card holders covering all metropolitan and V-Line services during Seniors Week
means getting around town has never been easier, and that’s just what you’ll need to do if you want to take advantage of everything on offer.
The Victorian Seniors Festival began in 1982 under the name Senior Citizens Week, and as the years have progressed so too has the range of exciting communityminded events. A festival hub was introduced at the Melbourne Town Hall in 2007 and more than 150,000 seniors attended events across the state in 2016. This year’s festival is shaping up to be a ‘doozy’.
The Victorian Senior of the Year Awards, which are held in partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Council on the Ageing, will
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be announced on October 22. The categories include the Premier’s Award for Victorian Senior of the Year; Promotion of Multiculturalism Award; Healthy and Active Living Award; Veteran Community Award, Council on the Ageing Victoria Senior Achiever Awards; and the Age- Friendly Victoria Award.
So how do you find out more about what’s going on in your neck of the woods during this month-long festival? The Seniors Festival Program booklet, which includes everything you need to know about what’s on, where and when, plus contact details for your region’s people in the know, is available from all Coles supermarkets. You can also visit www.seniorsonline.vic.gov.au to find out more.
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Delivering the perfect combination of modern convenience and dedicated specialist care, Regis Rosebud is shaped by one thing – our residents. Regis is home to an array of impressive in-house facilities including on-site chefs preparing nutritious, home-style, seasonal meals along with beautiful grounds for family and friends to enjoy.
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Better Retirement Living in Mornington
The Mornington is a vibrant community located in the heart of the Mornington Peninsula. Recently this thriving village became part of Southern Cross Care, a not-for-profit organisation that has been providing quality services to Australians for more than 50 years.The Mornington offers a better retirement lifestyle, with plenty of things to do.The central Clubhouse overlooks our beautiful lake and gardens and includes a lounge, restaurant, café, activities room, billiard room, and library. You are sure to find some like-minded friends, with plenty of opportunities to get out and about on one of our regular shopping trips or bus outings.With a range of spacious independent living units and serviced apartments now selling, call the team to book a tour on 9831 9876.
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The Cup that stops a Village
Beleura Village will feel more like Flemington on Thursday, October 3, when the Melbourne Cup arrives for four hours of entertainment, information and hospitality. Since it was first run in 1861, the Cup has been the ‘race that stops a nation’ — and this event won’t be an exception.
From 10am-2pm, guests will learn more about racing and the People’s Cup. Thanks to Peninsula trainer Tony Noonan, Beleura Village will host a panel of racing industry members — a racehorse owner, social syndicate leaders, a strapper, a jockey and a trainer — who will speak about the highs and the lows of horseracing as well as their love for these equine athletes. The jockey will tell guests what it feels like to be on the back of a winning horse while the strapper will share stories about racehorses’ very different personalities.
The event will be a celebration of the field, fashion, food and fun. Guests are encouraged to enter the spirit of the occasion by dressing up in their race day finest for a
Fashions on the Carpet competition, and a photographer will be on hand so they can have their photo taken with the Cup as a memento of the day.
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It’s your festival, seniors, so get into it
In its 12th year, the Kingston Seniors Festival returns next month to delight our senior residents. The theme of this year’s festival is Get Into It and it includes a month-long program of free and low-cost events and activities.
Kingston Mayor Georgina Oxley said more than 100 activities and workshops would provide opportunities for older people to leave the house, learn a new skill, have some fun and meet new friends. “From the Seniors
Fit Club and author talks to tips on decluttering, this festival caters to all levels of mobility and will provide enriching experiences and opportunities to develop new friendships,” Cr Oxley said.
You can learn how to preserve family photographs at the free workshop at Parkdale Library on Tuesday, October 1, from 2-3pm. Or take advantage of the free information session at Clarinda Library on Thursday, October 3, from 2-3pm to learn about nutrition specifically for your age group. If you’re a green thumb, join the free talk with garden historian and author Dr Anne Vale at Westall Library on Tuesday, October 15, from 2-3pm.
If you’re wanting to get your body moving, make a point of joining the Seniors Fit Club at Waves Leisure Centre, Chesterville Rd, Highett, from 11.30am-12.30pm every Monday from October 7. It’s free, but bookings are essential on 9559 7111.
The Get Into It festival is also providing information sessions and tips designed to inspire you. They include Spark Up Your Brain and iPads, Third Age Decluttering, and Tablets and More: Interactive Session with Lunch.
“These are just a few of the many informative sessions which are aimed at empowering older residents,” Cr Oxley said. To browse the full list of activities and to book, visit Kingston.vic.gov.au/seniorsfestival
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Greenways residents give village the green light
Greenways is very proud of its village and community but understands that ‘making the move’ to a village is a big decision. There are lots of factors to consider. It may be that a resident has recommended life at Greenways. Or perhaps its reputation for more than 40 years as an honest and caring establishment has attracted you.
Residents will tell you that so many aspects of your life can change positively when you live at Greenways. It is a rare opportunity but two units and one apartment became vacant last month.
To help you choose, Greenways has listed some of the factors that its residents considered were most important when they were making the decision to move to Greenways’ village on the Peninsula:
• Enables independence as you age
• Downsizing while physically capable
• Freedom from house responsibilities
• Close to public transport and shops
• Safe environment
• Emergency alarm service
• Near or with easy access to medical services
• Financial independence — having more money to spend
• On-site maintenance
• Access to village management
• Reputation of the village
• Reputation of the owners
• Socialisation with people your own age and with similar interests
• Entry and exit fees are upfront and simple
Greenways offers all this and more. That’s why, in a recent survey, 98 per cent of Greenways residents said they would — and do — recommend life at Greenways to their friends.
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