Topic - aged care
Narromine (NSW) community to build retirement village for country folk
Oct 31 2017
1 min read
The Weekly Source

The local community group operates Timbrebongie House, now a low care and ageing in place facility. They have now announced they will build a retirement village for local country people, commencing with 30 independent living units in Stage One with plans for two further stages.

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