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Retirement Village
as a designated dementia unit, and is halfway
Kilberry Terrace houses a function facility used
through a substantial R 6 million upgrade. A
for presentations, movies, slide shows, various
qualified general practitioner and full medical
club meetings, religious services and Bible study,
team is always available on site to attend to
and can also comfortably seat 120 people for
emergencies. Once completed, the upgrade will
a wedding. The Talani function facility is used
extend the healthcare offering even further, with
for
villagers able to make use of an inclusive home-
appreciation and choral shows.
bridge
and
mah-jong
sessions,
musical
based care programme, providing holistic and
medical support in the comfort of their own
A daily collect and deliver laundry service is
homes.
available where needed, as are housekeeping
and gardening services, and an internal postal
The modern all-purpose clubhouse includes a
service, Wi-Fi, faxing and printing services are
restaurant and bar lounge, as well as a well-
also offered to residents. DSTV can be accessed
stocked ladies bar and billiards room. An extensive
in all houses in the village and an excellent
modern library, pottery studio, woodwork shop
irrigation system ensures the surrounding terrain
and table tennis facility is also available. Sporting
remains lusciously nurtured. A number of external
facilities are plenty and comprise a fully furnished
service providers are used. These range from
gym, nine-hole golf course, on-site golf shop
electric fence maintenance staff, catering staff,
(open to non-residents), two bowling greens,
certain home-based care providers, gardening
a croquet court, two tennis courts and a jeu
and landscaping, IT and security contractors. An
de boules court. The estate is spread over 84
in-house hair salon and ATM bank make ordinary
hectares of scenic landscape and there is over
services easily accessible, whilst the daily shuttle
nine kilometres of exquisitely manicured walking
service to the Somerset West Mall means that
paths. Villagers are also free to fish in any one
villagers are never short of anything. The village
of the seven dams or enjoy one of the four
allows for solar panels to provide heating and
swimming pools, one of which is heated. The
alternative power and weekly recyling programme.