Ageing in Place
More support for older people to age well in Canberra
The ACT Greens want Canberra to be a place where everyone has equal opportunity to feel supported and connected to their community- a place that is accessible to everyone across all stages of their life.
But right now too many older Canberrans don’t have the right support to age in their homes and within their community.
The ACT Greens will go further and faster to ensure everyone in Canberra can age well and live a fulsome life, connected to friends, family and services.
THE ACT GREENS WILL:
- Deliver the Seniors Art Festival
- Ensure the dementia-friendly screenings continue
- Continue to deliver Seniors Grants
- Recommit to delivering the Neighbourhood Dementia Village
- Free public transport for seniors and concession card holders
- Deliver at least 160,000 free GP visits
- Support GPs to provide free appointments for long-term musculoskeletal and mental health conditions
- Increase the frequency of suburban bus services
- Inject funding into making paths and bus stops more accessible
- Build and buy 10,000 new public homes
- Investigate a publicly funded retirement village
- Increase funding for environmental volunteers
- Make emergency ambulances free