Active Ageing Plan - South Gippsland Shire Council

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Table of Contents (cont'd) 8.4 Built Environment-Appropriate infrastructure ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 8.5 Leadership- A leading organisation .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 9. Monitoring and Evaluation .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 16 Action Plan Social Environment: A vibrant engaged community ................................................................................................................................................................................................. 17 Natural Environment: A sustainable environment ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23 Economic Environment: A strong economy .................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 25 Built Environment: Appropriate infrastructure .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 29 A Leading Organisation .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 32 Acronyms & Definitions ................................................................................................................................................................................ 35 Acknowledgements ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 39 References .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 40 Appendix 1 ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Appendix 2 ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Executive Summary The ageing of the population is a worldwide phenomenon due to decline in birth rates and an increase in life spans and not (as is often thought) solely contributed to by the ageing of the baby boomers! The age structure of countries will therefore change significantly. This change brings both opportunities and challenges. Some of these challenges are already present and will only exacerbate without careful strategic planning at all levels of Government. Australia is following this same trend and at the local level, by 2031 the projected population of people aged 60 and older will constitute 25% of the South Gippsland population. This percentage is higher than that projected for both Gippsland and Victoria. Local Government is in a prime position to take a lead in strategic planning for an ageing community. South Gippsland Shire Council (SGSC) has many strategic plans that contain strategies and actions that are relevant to the community. The Active Ageing Plan (AAP) 2012-2016 focuses on addressing issues that older residents have said are important in enabling them to participate in the community as they age. The level of participation in the community is often dependent on the level of physical and cognitive ability of people. Maintaining health and wellbeing as we age is therefore integral to continuing participation. It is now acknowledged that health and wellbeing is affected by factors originating across any or all of four environmental dimensions (DoH 2012). These are Social, Economic, Built and Natural. The strategies in the action plan are grouped under the four environments of health as well as a heading of ‘Leadership’ consistent with the headings of the Council Plan. These are: 1. Social - A vibrant engaged community 2. Natural Environment - A sustainable environment 3. Economic Environment - A strong economy 4. Built Environment - Appropriate infrastructure 5. Leadership - A leading organisation The AAP consists of two sections. Section one discusses the main opportunities and challenges presented for an ageing population at global, national, state and local levels and the process of the development of the Plan. Section two is the Action Plan which details the strategies, actions, measures, responsible officers/ partners and timelines for completion of each action. There are sixteen strategies and forty-three actions in the Active Ageing Plan to address the issues identified from the consultation process. The implementation of the action plan will be monitored by the Active Ageing Plan 2012-2016 Steering Group. Evaluation of the actions will be via a survey of older residents to measure any improvement to their participation levels that can be attributed to the strategies within the Active Ageing Plan. South Gippsland Shire Council Active Ageing Plan 2012-2016 1
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