OUR RESIDENTS MOVING IN After a mammoth year 2020 ended on a high note for Ryman in Victoria with the opening of two stunning villages.
John Flynn Retirement Village manager Roslyn Prentice said the village community would rapidly expand in the first months of 2021.
On December 23 Ryman’s coastal community in Ocean Grove became a home and so too did John Flynn Retirement Village in Burwood East.
“Seeing the village become occupied by residents has been something I’ve looked forward to since starting my role,” she said.
Residents at both villages were greeted with flowers, champagne, and Christmas trees when they opened the doors for the first time to their sparkling new apartments and villas. For Ocean Grove sales advisor Janine Wilde, the significance of the arrival of the first residents was immense. “I feel like I’m at a wedding and I’m the mother of the bride,” she said. “Seeing the residents go into their villas gives me a real peace of mind that it has been the right decision for them.”
“The number of people moving in will continue at pace, adding to a real sense of community and excitement at John Flynn.” Lola Fisher, who was the first to move into a villa at Ocean Grove with her husband Graham, said it was “very special” to be a pioneering resident. “It’s impressive, amazing,” Lola said.
“It’s very special to be the first, and what Ryman has done the whole way through has been fantastic.” Ryman Times • 4
Once Ocean Grove village is completed the village will have more than 300 residents, villas and serviced apartments as well as aged care comprising low care, high care and specialist dementia care. The John Flynn village will have apartments, serviced apartments and aged care comprising low care, high care and specialist dementia care. Pictured above: Ocean Grove residents Anna and Lyn. Pictured left: Ocean Grove residents John and Marie. Pictured right: Ocean Grove residents Graham and Lola. Pictured bottom right: John Flynn’s first residents Ron, Kathleen, Graeme, Lynda and Marian.
