Melville promotes dementia awareness through Virtual Reality

To further the impact of an already successful age friendly initiative, the Melville Age Friendly and Accessible Business Network (MAFAB) and the City of Melville collaborated with Dementia Australia, utilising virtual reality to foster empathy for and understanding of people experiencing the effects of cognitive decline.

The City of Melville partnered with Dementia Australia to host…

Started: 2023
Location: Melville, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Education, Other

Age Friendly Melville Assistance Fund

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The Age-Friendly Melville assistance fund was set up for eligible older people living in the City of Melville, to help them maintain their independence in their own home.

The Age-Friendly Melville assistance fund offers funding to support a choice of short term or one-off support services to older people living independently in the community or in…

Started: 2018
Location: Melville, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Housing, Long-term care, Social protection, Transportation

Melville Age Friendly Accessible Business

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The Melville Age Friendly Accessible Business (MAFAB) Network is a City of Melville initiative working with local businesses to implement age-friendly and accessible initiatives to support the older population, including those living with dementia and people with disabilities, a demographic who make up a significant part of the Melville community. The network was created to…

Started: 2018
Location: Melville, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Education, Health, Information and communication, Social protection

Be Fit for Life – Exercise Inspiration for Over 55s

The City of Melville developed a video for over 55s to encourage physical activity as well as a dedicated Fit for Life webpage to promote a variety of targeted exercise classes and a comprehensive directory of local health and fitness community groups within the City of Melville.

The City also created a subsidised ‘Fit for Life’…

Started: 2018
Location: Melville, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Education, Health, Information and communication

LoveFest

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Lovefest Perth brings together people with dementia, their families and service providers to build further interest and support for creating dementia friendly communities and services.

It does this by focusing the importance of love in the lives of people with dementia. Lovefest Perth has been shaped by local stakeholders, and begins with the launch of an…

Started: 2018
Location: Melville
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Information and communication

Melville Age Friendly Business Accessible Network (MAFAB)

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The MAFAB network began in 2015 following extensive engagement with our older residents and stakeholders from 2007 to 2017 about what was important to them to live in an Age-friendly, accessible City. We also engaged with members of our community who lived with disabilities as part of the Disability Access and Inclusion Plan for the…

Started: 2019
Location: Melville
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Information and communication

Fit for Life Melville

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Fit for Life is a campaign developed to encourage the City of Melville’s older residents to start being physically active or return to being active.

With estimates suggesting lack of physical activity could be responsible the physical decline associated with old age, the campaign highlights it’s never too late to reap the health…

Started: 2018
Location: Melville
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health, Information and communication

Housing Strategy

Housing has been identified as a priority area of concern by seniors since our baseline consultation in 2007, with older people requesting more diversity of housing choice.

A local Housing strategy was developed over the last few years and is currently being implemented. Engagement with older people on its development was significant and included a 47%…

Started: 2018
Location: Melville
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing

Living Well with Dementia

City of Melville has the second highest number of people living with dementia compared to other cities in Western Australia (WA). With 70% of people with dementia live independently rather than in residential care and 30% of that group live alone.

Working closely with Alzheimer’s Western Australia (AWA), local businesses, community groups and most importantly local residents…

Started: 2016
Location: Melville, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Education, Health, Information and communication, Social protection

Garden City Memory Café

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The City of Melville is home to the second highest number of people living with Dementia in Western Australia. Garden City Shopping Centre collaborated with the City of Melville to create the Memory Café.

Inspired by Melville couple, Keith and Wendy Glance, the Memory Café is Perth’s first monthly social gathering specifically for people living with dementia.

The Memory…

Started: 2018
Location: Melville
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Other

Age-friendly Garden City Shopping Centre

The City of Melville values and embraces creativity and innovation. An example of a recent innovative project is Age-Friendly Garden City Shopping Centre, developed in partnership with the City of Melville. The City has been working with one of the biggest shopping centres, Garden City who are set to almost double in size in the…

Started: 2006
Location: Melville, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Social protection