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The 2024 Aged Advisor People’s Choice Awards for Best Retirement Village and Aged Care Facilities have been held every year for 10 years. They celebrate the best of the best across Aotearoa. Four North Island and four South Island gold winners were chosen this year naming Aged Care, Retirement &...

Cinnamon, with its distinctive aroma, is one of the spices many cultures associate with Christmas. Whether added to Christmas baking or mulled wine, as a cappuccino topping or in a cinnamon-scented candle, its appeal is universal. Made from the inner bark of trees scientifically known as Cinnamomum, cinnamon has been used...

Online shopping aims to make Christmas spending stress-free. Importantly, sister companies, The Meat Box and Paddock to Pantry, can ensure the fridge and cupboards are effortlessly filled with restaurant- quality festive fare. And, that’s just what is needed in busy households which appreciate fast delivery of fresh, succulent, quality meats...

Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat Please put a penny in the old man’s hat If you haven’t got a penny, a ha-penny will do If you haven’t got a ha-penny then God bless you This lovely, old nursery rhyme, carried forward over generations by such artists as Bing Crosby,...

When it comes to Christmas some of the most beautiful ‘decorations’ are fresh flowers and, while there are several associated with the season, bold red and white poinsettias are a favourite with many. Although they come in several colours it is the striking red and white blooms with green leaves...

At 74 years old, Allen Shearer is hanging up his boots – his big black boots as well as his scarlet coat and trousers which he has donned every year since 1978. However, talking to HELEN PERRY, this veteran Santa Claus and Grey Power member vows he’ll be back...

After marketing retirement villages for some years, real estate consultant, Sandy Taylor, and her husband moved into a Hillsborough complex some six years ago. She reports that it has been the right move for them. On entering our senior years, my husband and I were keen for our family to...

New Zealand Superannuation is the best protection against longevity risk, and we allneed a good NZS system. It is quite possible that, despite the introduction of KiwiSaver, younger cohorts will need NZS just as much, if not more, than older cohorts, because of lower homeownership, lower wage growth, less...

Pavlova lovers rejoice! Thanks to this grand garland – a simple meringue recipe – merrymaking need not be a chore. Other Christmas classics, courtesy of NZ Eggs, are accessible via www.eggs.org.nz. 6 egg whites 1.5 cups white sugar 2 tsp cornflour 1 tsp white vinegar 600ml whipped cream (or...

When night time sleep is disrupted, unrefreshing or not long enough, many of us are prone to daytime drowsiness, prompting us to take naps or perhaps even nod off unintentionally. Are there any advantages or disadvantages to daytime napping? And, how can you make the most of a good daytime...

Aged care residents live in one of two very different worlds. Those who can (for the moment) afford thousands of dollars to pay for rooms with ensuites and garden views and those who can’t. If the nearly 40,000 Kiwis’ living in aged care facilities all lived in one place, the...

Grey Power’s presence at this recent Health Select Committee meeting was to further support our submission to the aged care inquiry. (See submission on the Federation website). Our review of many similar submissions showed there appears to be little collaboration between multiple services to Kiwi seniors; in other words, skilled...