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The wife wasn't keen to move to a village. I wanted to, but I just said it was up to her. I couldn't force her. My knees at that stage were very bad and we struggled with what I call an upside-down house, with all the living upstairs. In fact, we had placed a deposit on a chair lift for the stairs but it just wasn't going to work."
"We moved up to the coast 13 years ago in 1994, and into Wamberal Gardens in 1999. I had eight years here with my wife Margaret before she passed away. I was very lucky being here; I had all the necessary support. It's a real feature of the place, the spirit and the friendliness of the residents."
"You are going to live a long time so when you retire you have to make a new life in a different community to your work community and your family community. You have to attack it like all things in your life - it's an adventure!"
She was 90 then and they have three levels of care here. You can have your own home, which we have, there are serviced apartments, and then there is the nursing home. So we were covered. We also liked the security.
"This one impressed me with its space. Since I have been here, I have made a whole new heap of friends, a whole new social scene. "I have complete freedom and security."
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