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Jane Slade offers a five point guide to sourcing the ideal retirement property A new survey from the Retirement Villages Group reveals that over 55s biggest worry is their health. Yet evidence shows that people live longer, healthier lives in a retirement community....

Jade Companionships is a new club designed for people looking to connect with like-minded types to enjoy stimulating activities and experiences Launched at a glittering event attended by celebrities Cliff Richard, Gloria Hunniford and Jon Snow, Jade offers those aged...

Experience the very best of modern living at Crest Nicholson’s Fairfield Gardens development in Bedfordshire Especially designed for the modern retiree looking for a spacious home, two-and-three-bedroom apartments at Fairfield Gardens are well-equipped for...

Golf lovers are being invited to invest in a quartershare of a hotel suite at the Royal Mougins Golf Resort, four miles from Cannes on the French Riviera. Priced from €195,000 (approx £162,000), buyers will have 13-weeks use of one of the resort’s 29...

When Reverend Christopher Quine left his Parish of Holy Trinity in Formby over 20 years ago, he never imagined that all these years later he would be able to gaze over at the church’s steeple from his very own apartment at Churchill’s Trinity Lodge. “We...

JANE SLADE discovers retirement communities offering a new rhythm to later life Judy Allen started learning the piano when she was six. By the age of 10 she was playing in her local church. After a career as a piano teacher and music examiner she is now,...

Retirement housebuilders are providing more facilities and imaginative activities than ever before. JANE SLADE sources some of the best developments At Bishopstoke Park village(anchor.org.uk) in Eastleigh, Hampshire, (one-bed apartments from £345,000),...

They say you are never too old to learn something new. But Jane Slade exceeded her wildest expectations as she reports. “I inherited a much loved but battered viola from an old family friend about a year ago,” explains Jane, 58. “I had learned the piano as...