Seniors - This is Your Site!
Seniors, senior citizens, retirees, those about to retire and looking for retirement planning, veterans, pensioners and carers, and baby boomer children of older parents will find our comprehensive listing of information and links extremely valuable. Here are the links of interest for seniors to federal and state government departments, national and state associations, community service groups, aged care and retirement village living, as well as to seniors’ lifestyle interests such as computing, wellbeing, finance, hobbies, sport and travel.
Apart from reading content, visitors to the @boutSeniors website can:
The Site Menu on the left will give you access and easy navigation to all parts of this site. There is, however, such an enormous amount of information that you may find what you are after more quickly by using the site’s advanced search facility. It is immediately below the top banner and it will help you search the entire site for your specific interest.
Our Site Map is also available for navigation. There is a link to it at the bottom of every page.
Nelson Mandela turns 90
Well known performers including Will Smith, Annie Lennox and Queen helped Nelson Mandela to celebrate his 90th birthday in a fund-raising concert at Hyde Park last Friday night (local time). The concert also marked a 20-year anniversary of a concert at Wembley Stadium which raised awareness about Mandela’s imprisonment, giving birth to the anthem “Free Nelson Mandela”. Proceeds from the concert will go the Mandela’s charity 46664, named after his prisoner number, and created to fight the spread of AIDS worldwide. Imprisoned for his fight against apartheid in South Africa, Mandela spent a total of 27 years behind bars on Robben Island. It is a credit to his determination and attitude that he not only survived the brutality of the South African prison system, but that he went on to lead his nation after his release.
Send your best birthday wishes to “Madiba” (an honorary title for elders) as Nelson Mandela is also known and watch the concert here.
Our favourite Dame
The second of Andrew Denton’s “Elders” series (ABC1 Monday, 9.30pm) featured the redoubtable Dame Elizabeth Murdoch. A young-at-heart 99-year-old she proved that age is indeed a state of mind – and there really is nothing like a Dame. Denton’s interview ranged far and wide but the most touching moments were her thoughts on loving and losing her daughter, Helen.
See a video of this excellent program here.
Private health insurance responses
So far 574 subscribers to the AboutSeniors website poll on private health insurance have responded and their responses show a clear majority of readers, 85%, are privately insured. Sadly for the Federal Government 79% of respondents think the initiative to remove the 1% Medicare levy surcharge for singles with incomes up to $100,000 and families with incomes up to $150,000 not privately insured for health, is not a good initiative. Only 12% of respondents said they would leave their private health insurance fund because of these changes.
Dr Nelson on a winner with seniors
AboutSeniors fuel prices poll shows a clear majority favour Dr Nelson’s plan to cut 5 cents a litre. So far 630 subscribers to the AboutSeniors website poll on fuel prices have responded, with nearly 74% agreeing with Dr Nelson’s suggestion. Sadly for the Federal Government only 22% think the Fuel Watch scheme will offer a reasonable solution, just 7.8% believe the ACCC is doing enough to ensure fair prices will prevail, and only 28% believe rising fuel costs are a fact of life and we should accept them.
Latest Seniors’ News
The @boutSeniors site is updated daily. In addition we distribute a fortnightly enewsletter full of information and resources of interest to seniors, baby boomers and all those contemplating retirement planning. There’s a lot of fun too, with DVD giveaways, book reviews, recipes, and ongoing travel suggestions and discounts. Subscribe to this free enewsletter at the top of every page or sample a recent issue here.
Thanks for the Compliments…
“Congratulations on the consistently high quality of your newsletter. I often include snippets from @boutSeniors in Signposts, our own monthly electronic newsletter for U3As. Keeping the mind active appears to minimise the possibility of dementia in later life and your wide range of resources provide many opportunities for your readers to do just that.”
Rick Swindell, President U3A Online
