City of Unley's age friendly journey

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THE CITY OF UNLEYS AGE FRIENDLY JOURNEY
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UNLEY CITY OF VILLAGES
UNLEY CITY OF VILLAGES

• Created in 1906
• 4km south of the CBD
• 5 Mainstreets (villages)
• Unley Road
• King William Road
• Goodwood Road
• Glen Osmond Road
• Fullarton Road

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UNLEY CITY OF VILLAGES
UNLEY SNAPSHOT

• Compact diverse city
• population 37,000 (44,000 in 1947)
• 16,500 Dwellings (12,500 in 1947)
• 2.2 persons per household (3.5p in 1947)
• 20 Med Density
• Limited Open Space (3)

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DEMOGRAPHICS ECONOMY

• Substantial local economy (2,500 businesses)
• 16,000 employees
• 20 living in Unley
• 33 residents work in CBD
• Accessibility travel to work
• Lower car use 57.7 vs 63.3 ASD
• Higher public transport use 9.5 vs 8.3 ASD
• High proportion of cycling 3.4 vs 1.3 ASD
• High proportion of walking 5.2 vs 2.6 ASD

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UNLEYS AGE FRIENDLY JOURNEY - WHY?

• We are all ageing!
• Increased life expectancy for men (79.3) and
  women (83.9).
• SA By 2031 the number of people aged 65 will
  double.
• Our population is changing there will be more
  older people fewer younger people
• 19.5 of Unleys population is aged 50-64 years.
• 16.4 are over 65 years (expected to increase to
  23)
• 4.0 are over 85 years (compared to State
  2.4).
• 23 born in non-english speaking country.
• 
  2011
  Census

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Unleys Age-Friendly Journey THINKER IN RESIDENCE

• Dr Alexandre Kalache
• Longevity Revolution
• Age-Friendly principles
• Active Ageing
• Intergenerational living

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ACTIVE AGEING
The process of optimising opportunities for
physical, social and mental wellbeing throughout
the life course, in order to extend healthy life
expectancy, productivity and quality of life in
older age.

World
Health Organisation
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Unleys Age-Friendly Journey ACTIVE AGEING
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UNLEY CITY OF VILLAGES
Unleys Age-Friendly Journey Active Ageing

• Health
• individual experiences throughout life affect how
  well a person ages
• Lifelong Learning
• skills and knowledge to remain connected to
  society
• Participation
• helps maintain self esteem and sense of worth
• Security
• confidence that we will be protected as we grow
  older

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Active Ageing
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What sort of place would our residents like to
grow old in?

• A Place where
• I can engage and participate fully in everything
  that is going on in the community
• I can easily get to where I want to go, when I
  want to go
• I can access good quality healthcare and services
  without difficulty
• I can have a say in what happens in my city if I
  wish to
• I feel safe and secure
• I can live a healthy and active life
• Young and old interact and get along

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Unleys Age-Friendly Journey AGEING STRATEGY
ACTIVE AGEING
ERA Ageing Strategy
City of Unley Ageing Strategy
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City of Unley Ageing Strategy

• Comprises five discreet domains
• Services to assist older people to remain
  independent and age in place
• Access and Mobility infrastructure and programs
• Housing - diversity
• Community Engagement and Participation eg
  volunteering, communication tools
• Wellbeing eg recreational opportunities

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Unleys Age-Friendly Journey SOME INITIATIVES

• Unley Central Master Plan
• Open Space Strategy/Sport Recreational Master
  Plans
• Community Engagement Toolkit
• Community Passenger Network
• Development Planning
• TACSI Care Reflect Program
• Mobility Access Study

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LANEWAY HOUSING

• Laneway
• Historically used to service the outhouse
• Secondary access to property
• Opportunity for strategic densification by
  developing secondary dwellings
• In home formal and informal care 11,370 per
  person per year
• Residential aged care - 48,710 per person per
  year

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LANEWAY HOUSING
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LANEWAY HOUSING
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LANEWAY HOUSING
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LANEWAY HOUSING
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LANEWAY HOUSING
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PROJECTS WITH TACSI

• CARE REFLECT
• Caring is not just a transaction eg cleaning
• Caring is about building relationships,
  exchanging experiences and learning new things
• Create time and space for care workers to
  practice caring that enables good living

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PROJECTS WITH TACSI

• WEAVERS
• Carers usually have enormous stress
• Existing services do little to reduce stress for
  carers
• Weavers are people with lived caring experience
  who are trained and supported to help people new
  to the caring role activate their friends and
  family, navigate systems and learn new strategies.

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Unleys Age-Friendly Journey CHALLENGES
OPPORTUNITIES

• Integrate within Councils plans/strategies
• More than Community Services
• Interdepartmental
• Intergenerational
• Access for all
• Cultural diversity
• Partnership opportunities

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Next Steps

• Developing a new Age Friendly Strategy
• Partnerships UniSA and Alliance Model
• Incorporating WHO framework across the 8
• dimensions