by Elfriede | Aug 27, 2018 | Featherwood News
Retirement Planning Should Include Access to Assisted Living Facilities Throughout your life, you plan and make provision for the future, deliberately or unwittingly, from the day that you are born. As a physical being, you develop, grow, accumulate, and absorb ever...
by Elfriede | Aug 27, 2018 | Featherwood News
Frail Care Options No one intends to become frail and dependent, but then again, no one knows what may lie ahead of them. Throughout life, future events are unknown and unpredictable. Much as we humans like to exercise control when and wherever possible, there are...
by Elfriede | Jul 30, 2018 | Featherwood News
Residential Options for Senior Citizens One is commonly referred to as a “senior citizen” once you’ve reached a certain age, which may vary between 55 and 60, or 65 years old in South Africa, “senior citizen” being the most oft-used term of reference for older and...
by Elfriede | Jul 30, 2018 | Featherwood News
Retirement Living with a Song and a Smile Your thoughts about life and living are probably influenced by your belief system. American actress, Mae West, to whom several notable quotes are attributed, is claimed to have said: “You only live once, but if you do it...
by Elfriede | Jun 28, 2018 | Featherwood News
Relish a New Chapter with Retirement Accommodation at Featherwood When you are about to down tools after a lifetime spent working hard to take care of yourself, your family, and other responsibilities, and your retirement is imminent, your mind turns to your...
by Elfriede | Jun 28, 2018 | Featherwood News
The How and Where of Searching for a Retirement Home Most people who reach retirement age or are about to either downsize their homes by moving into a smaller place, or they search for a perfect smaller home in a retirement village, one that meets their requirements....
by Elfriede | May 28, 2018 | Featherwood News
People are living longer. The population of elderly people is growing in First World countries that offer a good standard of living. In South Africa, it’s no different. The huge numbers of post-war baby boomers of the ’40s and ‘50s are now of retirement age, but this...
by Elfriede | May 28, 2018 | Featherwood News
It’s increasingly important to belong to some type of community. We live in a world in which the perception exists that people have become mere statistics and that government and large corporate institutions are impersonal and engaged allocating numbers to people and...
by Elfriede | Apr 19, 2018 | Featherwood News
Nowadays, people stay healthy and active for longer than was the case a few generations ago. Older persons tend to become healthier and have a better quality of life. You may be as old as you feel, and South African seniors are feeling great these days. According to a...
by Elfriede | Apr 19, 2018 | Featherwood News
Instead of feeling fearful about your upcoming retirement, you should regard it with anticipation and a sense of adventure and fun. It is simply a new phase in your life, one for which you are in a far better position to plan than for any of your other life chapters....
