Jeta Gardens is the only Australian retirement village catered to and built upon Eastern philosophies. My grandmother has been living there in a private house for almost five years. As most elderly relatives are, she was reluctant to leave my dad's house to live amongst strangers, but she now loves her life at Jeta and calls it home. She's since made a lot of friends and as she can't speak English it's been wonderful for her to live amongst a community where she can communicate and socialise more comfortably. (That said, there are also many Anglo residents living at Jeta too, and those who require special assistance can live at apartments closer to the main building and staff.) The village is located close to Sunnybank, and Jeta organises frequent bus trips there for residents to pick up groceries, mingle and shop. The houses themselves are lovely - clean, large, modern places with lock up garages. My grandma also has her own garden, in which she's planted sweet potatoes and paw paw trees. An interesting note: there are no number 4 or 14 houses due to Chinese superstition. Instead, there are houses 13A to 13B, as the number '4' when spoken in Cantonese sounds like the word "death". There is a wide range of activities available at Jeta. My grandma likes to walk, and Jeta caters to her needs perfectly. There's a large paddock around the back of the houses with a long pathway. The pathway winds its way around a big vegetable patch filled with Chinese greens and melons. Beside the paddock is a lake inhabited by ducks and frogs, and a Chinese pagoda where residents can relax and play Mah Jong. The pagoda and pathways are beautiful. That said, there is duck shit all over the pathways around the lake - a problem, my grandma explains, that wouldn't exist if this was China and the residents were allowed to hunt game freely. read more

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They start out polite But slowly they change. They have nurse aids administering the medications. Should be done by qualified nurses. Alqays short staffed. Does not treat the family with any respect. They don't listen to the residents specialist doctors or follow there instructions. Would not recommend them to anyone. read more