Events
Need to Know? Information Sessions
In 2009 the Seniors Information Victoria Need to Know? free information sessions will continue to address issues of interest and concern to older people.
View the program for the remainder of the year.
Legal issues for an ageing population seminar
A seminar on ‘legal issues for an ageing population’ was held on Friday 21 August at the Arts Centre, Davey Street, Frankston.
The seminar aimed to inform attendees about current and developing issues facing an ageing population - elder abuse, advice services and practical support available, and options to protect future needs.
Guest speakers included Senior Rights Victoria manager Julie Nelson, expert consultant and former public advocate Julian Gardner, Dr John Chesterman of the Office of the Pubic Advocate, and managing lawyer of Victoria Legal Aid human rights and civil law service, Robyn Mills.
“Vulnerability is unfortunately a common characteristic of age, and with that can come an intimidating range of issues around abuse and exploitation,” said Victoria Legal Aid managing director, Bevan Warner. “One way of addressing this is to help ensure that information is getting out there in the community, and that support and practical assistance on legal remedies is available to those most in need,” Mr Warner said.
Retirement Villages: Best Practice Planning
The Retirement Village Best Practice Planning Conference was held in Melbourne on 29 August 2008. The aim was to explore issues involved in planning retirement villages and to develop best practice planning protocols and procedures to assist planning applications for retirement villages. Copies of the papers are available at: www.humehealth.com.au
Longevity Symposium - Policy implications of Victoria’s ageing population
On 27 November 2007, DPCD hosted the Longevity Symposium at the Treasury Theatre in Melbourne. The symposium attracted 100 attendees from diverse backgrounds, including policy makers, service providers and researchers to hear presentations from leading Victorian and Australian researchers on a range of policy implications of population ageing. Presentations covered topics including infrastructure planning, housing, employment and our diverse communities.
The Hon Lisa Neville MP, Minister for Senior Victorians, announced the Victorian Government had begun to develop a whole-of-government Ageing in Victoria framework and invited participants to contribute to the consultation processes in 2008 that would underpin the framework. The Hon Lynne Kosky MP, Minister for Public Transport, launched the Maintaining Mobility report, which recommended a range of strategies to support older Victorians in their transition from driver to non-driver.
Key themes that emerged from the presentations and discussions which followed included the importance of integrated government responses to the challenges of ageing, the value of applying a life course lens to understanding the continuum of risks and opportunities experienced by seniors as they age, and the value of investing in building the skills and resilience of seniors.
Presentations from the Symposium
For further information on each of the presentations please open the relevant presentation attachment. Word versions of the PDF documents are available on request by contacting the Office of Senior Victorians, Nicholas Chiam on 03 9208 3060.
Longevity-Ageing in space-Berry (PDF 58 kb)
Longevity-Dimensions-Borowski (PDF 596 kb)
Longevity-Ethnicity-Rowland (PDF 67 kb)
Longevity-Housing-KendigBridge (PDF 328 kb)
Longevity-Politics of Ageing-Ozanne (PDF 982 kb)
Longevity-Work-Encel-Speech (PDF 38 kb)
Longevity Symposium-Programme-27Nov07-DPCD (PDF 137 kb)
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Web Site Updates
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department. This means you will continue to see some references to the Department for Victorian Communities
(DVC) as changes are being made.
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