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When many of the\u00a0Westcourt<\/a>\u00a0residents moved into the Westmead Village they were not expecting to become part of such a supportive community.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 10-villa retirement village was purchased by Christadelphian Aged Care in May along with Courtlands Village and Northcourt in North Parramatta.<\/p>\n

The community is made up of mostly women who have become firm friends over the years and always offer help to one another in times of need.<\/p>\n

Pat is one of the “Originals”, as they call themselves, and moved to Westcourt around 15 years ago.<\/p>\n

She and her husband came over from England in 1971, and bought in Winston Hills when there were just new houses there.<\/p>\n

“One of the reasons we moved here was it wasn’t too far away from friends,” Pat said.<\/p>\n

“I wondered if we would ever see the other residents much, but we hadn\u2019t been here long before they invited us down for drink on Friday night.<\/p>\n

“We’re like a little family now and all help each other.”<\/p>\n

Elizabeth is also one of the “Originals”, and moved to Westcourt in 2000 from Pendle Hill.<\/p>\n

“I loved Pendle Hill. We were near the station so we went from the top of the hill to the bottom of the hill to Westmead,” she said.<\/p>\n

“I looked around at quite a few different retirement villages but I don\u2019t know what lead me to this one, it just hit the spot. There was something about it I really liked.”<\/p>\n

“We are very lucky, we all get along so well. We don’t intrude but if there’s anything we can do to help, we do that.”<\/p>\n

The residents meet for a morning tea every Saturday morning, and go out on shopping trips.<\/p>\n

They also go over to Courtlands Village in North Parramatta \u00a0on the Village bus to participate in their lifestyle and activities program.<\/p>\n

“We come over more often now, I feel more included because they are happy to come pick us up in the bus,” Elizabeth said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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