Planning for an ageing community

Who is your council planning for?

Collectively, baby boomers will be healthier, wealthier and better educated, as well as more geographically, socio-economically and culturally and linguistically diverse, than any preceding generation of seniors. Their decisions and preferences regarding the services they expect, where they choose to live and the lifestyles they prefer to lead have already shaped local communities. As their preferences change in response to their evolving needs, they will continue to shape communities, placing a new array of expectations and challenges on local councils.

How can your council assess the needs of senior residents? This section contains specific measures to undertake an ageing impact assessment:

 Tool 3

Profiling seniors' within council and in community - This tool provides you with a template to assist in the analysis of local demographic data, together with key questions for consideration by your council.

 Tool 4

Reviewing aged-related activities - this tool is an audit matrix to help you identify gaps and opportunities in council and community activities that support seniors, including examples.

 Tool 5

Assessing the ageing impact - This tool is a matrix to assist you assess the impact of ageing cross the range of local government functions, supported by examples illustrating how to use the tool.

See also: Resource Centre > Taking account.
For further information on understanding seniors and their needs now and into the future.