Styx Village
Sir,—Last month I visited in Sydney the Church of England retirement villages (the title of which is most fitting and as attractive as the setting, amidst trees, shrubs, and gardens). These retirement villages, of which there are several (the latest addition being named the Nuffield Village), are situated in delightful parkland amidst highly forested farms, and some 20 miles from Sydney. Each village consists of self-con-tained home units for married and single persons who are able to care for their everyday needs and at very reasonable cost to themselves. They may. if they wish, “meal out” at the dining hall provided. Communication to the village warden is available from each unit in times of stress and to the initial care unit in case of illness. At no stage did I detect a sense of “isolation” or of being herded together in communal-living. Our elderly citizens could surely adapt Jhemselves to leaving this city to spend the more quiet and less hurried portion of their lives in a similar locality.—Yours, etc., (MISS) R P. R. MONTGOMERY. May 20, 1970.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32303, 22 May 1970, Page 12
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180Styx Village Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32303, 22 May 1970, Page 12
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