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Growing Age
Friendly
Communities
– why not?
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Ageism
…is the stereotyping, prejudice and discrimination
towards people based on age.
Stereotype: What we think
Prejudice: How we feel
Discrimination: What we do
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“Ageism is the last acceptable prejudice”
“ Ageism is the prejudice against our own
future selves”
“This Chair Rocks” – Ashton Applewhite, US Ageism Activist
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“In an age friendly community, policies,
services, settings and structures support and
enable people to age actively.”
World Health Organisation 2007
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World Health Organisation Global Network Age
Friendly Communities
• 990 cities and communities in 48 countries
• 14 affiliated country programs
• Reaching over 240 million people
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• 2.5 million people
• 2.6 million km
People 60 years plus are 19% of population (26% in 2050)
• 73% live in Metropolitan Perth City
• 27% live in Country regions
• 50% born overseas
• 19% from Non-English speaking background
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2006:
2008:
2012:
2017:
2017:
Partnered with Melville on pilot WHO AFC project
Grant program to support Local Governments to
undertake age-friendly planning
Released ‘An Age-Friendly WA: The Seniors
Strategic Planning Framework 2012-2017’
Affiliate membership for State to the WHO Global
Network
Evaluation of Age-Friendly Grants program
State Journey
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• $777,000 to 82 local governments to support age-friendly planning since 2006
• Over half of WA’s local governments committed to implementing age-friendly principles
• Over 83% of Western Australians aged 60+ living in a local
government area that has received funding
• Age-friendly principles included in local government integrated
planning and reporting
• Elder Abuse Alliance
• Incorporating dementia-friendly principles
State Journey
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World Health Organisation
Domains
• Outdoor spaces and Buildings
• Transport
• Housing
• Social Participation
• Respect and Inclusion
• Civic Participation and Employment
• Communication and Information
• Community Support and Health
Services
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What’s happening already?
• Libraries
• Waste Services
• Recreation Services
• Accessible infrastructure – Footpath programs
• Council funding programs
• Access Advisory Groups
The Age Friendly Lens….
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What’s happening already? Use existing plans
• Disability and Access
• Community Safety and Crime Prevention
• Health and Wellbeing
• Volunteer Management
• Emergency Management
• Reconciliation Action
The Age Friendly Lens…..
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City of Melville
• Population: 102,000 people
• People over 60 years: 25%
• Aboriginal people: 0.7%
• People from Non-English speaking backgrounds (18%):
- Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese)
- Italian
- Indonesian
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World Health Organisation
Domains
• Outdoor spaces and Buildings
• Transport
• Housing
• Social Participation
• Respect and Inclusion
• Civic Participation and
Employment
• Communication and Information
• Community Support and Health
Services
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Engagement
• Over 2,300 participants 2013 – 2017
• Survey (hard copy and online, “Melville Talks”)
• One to one conversations
• Pop up engagement –talking to community
• Community Reference Group – older people, carers, different age
groups, male and female, aged care service providers
• Strategic Community Plan and Local Housing Strategy (Seniors)
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• Collecting information via
culturally aware processes
• Art workshops facilitated by
Aboriginal people to gather
information over 16 week period
• Informal story telling sessions to
gather information
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Age-Friendly Planning - Melville
Priorities
• Respect, Inclusion and Social
Participation
• Transport
• Housing
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Challenges
• Socially isolated older people (how to engage and involve)
• Provision of information
• High number of people living with dementia (second
highest local government community in Western
Australia); 80% of people living with dementia live in the
community
• Feedback regarding retail/shopping experiences not
inclusive and lack of awareness regarding dementia
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MAFAB
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Memory Café
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Sonder
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Sonder
“the realisation that each random passer-by is
living a life as vivid and complex as your own."
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Age-Friendly & Dementia-Friendly
• Not an “either” “or” decision
• Dementia-friendly part of being age-friendly
• Alzheimer’s WA work collaboratively with local
government sector regarding initiatives and approaches
• Partnership with Alzheimer’s WA, City of Melville,
Centre for Attitudinal Healing – Michael Verde
workshops 2015, 2017, 2019
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Partnerships
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Lovefest
• Partnership with Gay
Rights in Ageing
• A social photographer
captured the lives of
people living with
dementia and their loved
ones, exhibited in a large
shopping centre
• Workshops for aged care
providers
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Recreation Services
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Recreation Services – reducing barriers to participation
In supporting healthy ageing/falls prevention, an age
friendly scaled discount is offered to those over 70 years
(off peak memberships 11am – 3pm)
• 70 years 40% discount through to 90 years 90%
discount
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Fit for Life
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How do we know its working?
• Ongoing evaluation - surveys at
Seniors events, forums and other
community events
• Community Wellbeing Survey
• Wellbeing Scorecard
• Community Perceptions Survey
(Set benchmark 2018)
• Actions from AF Plan
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LG Professionals WA Network
Age Friendly Communities
• Established March 2015
• Forums held each year:
→ WHO Age-Friendly Methodology
→ Age-Friendly Planning
→ Dementia-Friendly integration
→ Regional Forums
→ Connecting Communities (community development practice)
→ Injury prevention
→ Research Forum (engaging with universities)
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Australian Forum November 2019
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More Information
Age-Friendly Melville
www.melvillecity.com.au
https://www.melvillecity.com.au/our-community/age-friendly-
melville/living-well-with-dementia
WHO Age Friendly World
https://extranet.who.int/agefriendlyworld
Lovefest
https://www.museumoflove.com.au
Christine Young, Presenter