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NSW Residents Believe Their Neighbourhoods Are Safer: ABS
In 2008, more than half (55%) of people in NSW did not think there were crime or public nuisance problems in their neighbourhood according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. This figure has risen from 47% to 55% between 1999 and 2008.
Read more about NSW Residents Believe Their Neighbourhoods Are Safer: ABSNSW Seniors Are Living Longer And Are Better Off
NSW seniors are living longer and are better off. The average life expectancy of people living in New South Wales has increased by nearly ten years from 1974 to 2006 according to a new report released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the NSW Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care.
Read more about NSW Seniors Are Living Longer And Are Better OffMore Than A Third Of Brits (35 per cent) Are Likely to Consider Moving Abroad When They Retire
- Rising costs in Britain are also a factor for Brits considering moving abroad, as the new breed of retirees, dubbed 'emi-greys', worry that their pensions simply won't go far enough at home. Almost half of us (47 per cent) believe the UK is too expensive to live the life that we want to lead, and a worrying 28 per cent of people do not feel they can afford to stay in the UK when they retire.
Read more about More Than A Third Of Brits (35 per cent) Are Likely to Consider Moving Abroad When They RetireThe greyer, the better for rural towns Older residents seen as asset to smaller communities
A new study determined older Americans who retire to rural areas quickly become involved and are a tremendous asset to addressing both immediate and longer-term needs, such as public transportation and health care for older in-migrants.
Read more about The greyer, the better for rural towns Older residents seen as asset to smaller communitiesRetirees!!....Bad news for volunteers who do too much
The Age
Volunteering can be good for you, but doing too much has detrimental effects, a new study has found.
The Australian National University (ANU) quizzed 1,000 people in their 60s about volunteering and the impact on their mental health and wellbeing.
Around half the group participated in some sort of volunteer work, and five per cent did 15 hours a week or more.
People who volunteered less than 15 hours a week had high levels of wellbeing compared with non-volunteers, the study found.
But those who gave up more than 15 hours a week showed a sharp decrease in mental health and psychological wellbeing.
Dr Tim Windsor, from the ANU Centre for Mental Health Research, said the findings highlighted the importance of not overcommitting to volunteer work.
"We found that at those (high) levels, (volunteering is) not such a positive thing," Dr Windsor told reporters.
"There could be a threshold beyond which it is important to make sure that people don't become overburdened."
A shortage of volunteers and a perception that more time was needed to get the job done was the main reason people volunteered for more than 15 hours a week, the study found.
The findings highlighted the need to boost volunteer numbers and ensure adequate government and community support for the sector, Dr Windsor said.
Volunteering ACT CEO Lorraine Higgins said it was important people understand that any volunteer work should be less than 15 hours a week.
"That is something we have always expressed and suggested to people that they really should not do any more than that," she told reporters.
It was crucial volunteers tried to maintain a healthy work-life balance.
"A lot of people retire because of the stress of their work life ... and then end up back into that same mindset of just becoming what they do rather than who they are."
