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Age-Friendly Melville Strategy: Directions from Seniors
An Age-Friendly enviroment benefits all the community for current and future generations. Our community vision is a safe, attractive City, where the consequences of our actions for future generations are taken into account.
Directions from Seniors
The strategy aims to create an age-friendly City by promoting active ageing, removing and preventing barriers that people encounter as they grow older and ensuring policies, services and structures related to the physical and social environment are designed to support and enable seniors to age actively.
Creating opportunities that enhance social participation, making it a more enjoyable City for all.
For more information, click on the links below.
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- Age-Friendly Directions from Seniors brochure
- World Health Organisation (WHO) Age-Friendly Cities Project City of Melville research summary
World Health Organisation (WHO) Global Age-Friendly Cities Guide and Checklist
An age-friendly city encourages active ageing by optimising opportunities for health, participation and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age.
- To view the Global Age-Friendly Cities Guide please click here
- To view the Global Age-Friendly Cities Checklist please click here
If you would like to fill out a survey to help us determine how you feel about the City's endeavours to be well prepared and positioned for the much researched impact of an ageing population please click here.