Introduction
The City of Melbourne is updating its healthy ageing service model to make sure it fits the needs and priorities of our community, helping everyone to live and age well in the municipality.
Our current healthy ageing service model offers a wide range of activities and support to help you age well. This includes a range of social, educational and active programs across our neighbourhood centres, libraries and Active Melbourne facilities, as well as carer support programs, subsidies and grants, and our Community Connector to help you navigate and access aged care services and local opportunities.
The purpose of this engagement is to understand your priorities so we can update our healthy ageing service model in response to the changing needs of our community.
This healthy ageing service model will continue to complement existing Australian Government-funded aged care services delivered by specialist providers.
To find out more about the government-funded aged care services, visit My Aged Care.
Through this engagement we want to understand:
- Your current priorities for ageing well in your community.
- Ideas on how the City of Melbourne can support these priorities.
- How you would like to contribute to Council’s decision making for future initiatives.
Background
In 2024, City of Melbourne reviewed the current Council-funded healthy ageing service model to better understand what activities, supports and initiatives benefited the community and what opportunities there were to improve service provision.
The review looked at:
- Current services and programs and the people who use them
- The local population
- Trends in the sector
- Comparisons with other councils
- Feedback from inside the City of Melbourne, and local organisations and service providers.
The review identified the following priorities:
By helping older people find and access aged care services and local opportunities, including City of Melbourne programs, community groups, and local organisations.
By working with local services to respond to the community’s needs and priorities by planning and delivering improved services and programs, measuring their impact, and supporting groups and organisations that help older people. This support may also include taking action and speaking up for the needs of older people.
By increasing access to and use of the centres by community where older people can get information, advice and support. This may include information and advice on connecting with local services and activities, and advice and support during extreme weather events. These centres can also be hired by community groups and organisations to run programs.
By increasing access to and participation by older people in the City of Melbourne and local organisations' services, programs and facilities.
By including older people’s perspectives in the planning and delivery of programs and activities as part of the healthy ageing service model and in planning of future initiatives to ensure older people’s priorities are effectively addressed.
Our current healthy ageing service model
For more information about the range of programs and services City of Melbourne offers to support older people to remain active, independent and living at home, check out: Older people.
You can also read more about our broader support and service provision for older people in our Guide to Melbourne for Older People.
