Priority One Initiatives: Community Support & Health Services Health and support services are vital to maintaining health and independence in the community. In most collaborating cities, the supply, organisation and financing of many health and social services are decided by the state or national government rather than the city. Nevertheless, health and social services are delivered within a city by local people in local establishments, and community-based for-profit and voluntary groups play an important role in delivering support and care. Health Organisation – Global Age-friendly Cities: A Guide (2007:66) Maroondah 2040: A safe, healthy and active community Maroondah is a safe, healthy and active community with local opportunities provided for people of all ages and abilities to have high levels of social, emotional and physical wellbeing. Initiatives Accomplishments Status Consider the opportunity of incorporating dog walkers to Council’s Volunteer Register for vulnerable persons and the socially isolated to create another point of contact and regular visits for the age cohort who are unable to leave their home to walk their pet. Completed Year 1 (2015-2016) Completed Explore the opportunity to extend the distribution of the Community Health Newsletter and relevant health support programs to the community groups catering to the 45+ age group including, but not limited to, environmental issues, community events and Council’s emergency management procedures & resources. Community Health are undergoing a review of their communication strategy and mechanisms for distributing information. This is still in progress. As such newsletters have not been delivered during this period. Ongoing Initiatives Accomplishments Status
Research and investigate the possibility of establishing and facilitating a voluntary scheme to support families with no intergenerational contact and/or support to enhance health and wellbeing of parents and children and the older person. Feasibility investigations are scheduled for Year 5 (2019-2020). Not Yet Commenced Initiatives Accomplishments Status Investigate extending current Council programs to incorporate an intergenerational component. Most Council programs aim to include all ages practicable. The following programs were delivered during the 2016/2017 period: Maroondah Festival Maroondah Carols Reconciliation Week activities Children’s Week events I.T. Clinic – free one to one I.T. intergenerational training in partnership with Ringwood Secondary College & Heathmont College Earth Hour - an event aimed to facilitate learning and knowledge sharing about climate change though people meeting and interacting with others. Ride to Work Day 2016- working and retired seniors constituted 11% of event attendance. Different Journeys monthly activity – an intergenerational dinner where youth with a disability and multi-generational families support their social and vocational development in hospitality. Families with a Parent with Mental Illness – supported family fun day for families. Arts and Cultural Development projects and programs included a strong focus on intergenerational activity: Ongoing
internet to empower the ageing population to find the information they seek. Opportunities are promoted through a number of networks including: the Champions, the Maroondah Healthy Ageing network and the various community houses and groups that operate out of Maroondah. Information is also distributed using a number of Council communication channels (print & social media) including the What’s On online mechanism and through the quarterly Chatterbox newsletter. Please visit the following to register your programs: Opportunities are also made available to the various groups to present at the bi-monthly Maroondah Healthy Ageing Network meetings. Both the Ringwood Community House and Arrabri Community House gave presentations to the Maroondah Healthy Ageing Network during this period. For more information, please visit: Review Customer Service information display units at service centres to ensure accessibility of information for the ageing population. Community information is available across all customer service centres. Completed Year 2 (2016-2017) Completed Initiatives Accomplishments Status Investigate the possibility of increasing information access points in Council facilities where the ageing population regularly visit (e.g. Karralyka, Dorset Golf, Ringwood Golf, Aquahub and new facilities Aquanation and Realm). Karralyka provides an access at the front desk at the box office; an information table availability at Morning Melodies and an opportunity to present information pre-show at Morning Melodies productions that are scheduled throughout the year. In addition to the Customer Service outlets within Maroondah, now also stocks relevant information that pertain to the age-cohort. Ongoing
the end of life of existing stock in conjunction with the housing strategy to research land consolidation activities. Suburbs project has been submitted to help further support delivery of the project. This project aims to promote collaborative redevelopment precincts where landowners work together, and with the local government, to design better housing outcomes for their land. Promote the Council on the Ageing's (COTA's) Home Maintenance Services which provide registered COTA members with secure and competitively prices and guaranteed service for small and large jobs around the home. Suspended Year 1 (2015-2016) Suspended Encourage COTA to collaborate with the Real Estate Institute of Victoria (REIV) to facilitate possible housing market information exchange to the ageing population. For more information, please visit or contact COTA directly on 9654 4443. Ongoing
Initiatives Accomplishments Status Review accessible parking and accessible theatre seating at Karralyka. Council has approved recommendations to renovate the Karralyka theatre to become more accessible by offering additional accessible seating and accessible bathrooms. The recommendation is for renovation during the 2019-2020 period. Design of accessible parking and associated footpaths was completed during the 2015-2016 period and are now included in Council’s capital works schedule for future funding allocation. Launched Through Council’s Physical Activity Strategy, the of safety and accessibility within the municipality’s outdoor spaces will be investigated and addressed to support the safety of the ageing population. The Physical Activity Strategy (2015-2020) maps out the opportunities for Council regarding perception of safety in public open spaces. Please refer to page 41 of the Strategy. Please visit for more information. Planning for existing reserve lighting to be upgraded to LED replacement heads was undertaken during this period. The installation of this upgrade is scheduled for the next period on Council facilities is done every 6 months through Sport & Recreation and programming developed based on assessment of outdoor spaces. Audit on outdoor spaces conducted by Asset Management. Ongoing