{"id":1454,"date":"2014-05-26T15:59:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T15:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agefriendlyworld.local.org\/?p=1454"},"modified":"2015-07-08T20:46:44","modified_gmt":"2015-07-08T20:46:44","slug":"age-friendly-south-australia-guidelines-for-state-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/age-friendly-south-australia-guidelines-for-state-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Age-friendly South Australia &#8211; Guidelines for State Government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Global trends in urbanisation and population ageing\u00a0require the development of strategies to ensure our\u00a0communities and environments remain accessible for\u00a0people at every stage of their lives and especially as\u00a0they grow older.<\/p>\n<p>South Australia is undergoing significant demographic\u00a0changes to its population. South Australia has a\u00a0faster ageing population than other mainland states. By 2031, there will be more than 440,000 people\u00a0aged over 65, making up more than 1 in 5 of South\u00a0Australia\u2019s total population.\u00a0People are living longer, and more people want to<br \/>\ncontinue living in the community of their choice\u00a0for as long as possible. This has significant policy\u00a0and planning implications, and presents great\u00a0opportunities for our state.<\/p>\n<p>The South Australian Government\u2019s vision is to ensure\u00a0that all people can lead active lives and access their\u00a0community, easily and safely. Part of this vision is to\u00a0plan and build physical and social environments that\u00a0will optimise health and well-being and opportunities\u00a0to participate in the workforce, civic and community\u00a0life, as South Australians age.<\/p>\n<p>South Australia\u2019s Communities for All: Our Age-friendly\u00a0Future responds to changing demographics\u00a0and a growing awareness that the environments and\u00a0communities in which we live significantly influences\u00a0our health, well-being and happiness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full set of guidelines online <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/south-australia-guide.pdf\">here<\/a>]\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Global trends in urbanisation and population ageing\u00a0require the development of strategies to ensure our\u00a0communities and environments remain accessible for\u00a0people at every stage of their lives and especially as\u00a0they grow older.<\/p>\n<p>South Australia is undergoing significant demographic\u00a0changes to its population. South Australia has a\u00a0faster ageing population than other mainland states. By 2031, there will be more than 440,000 people\u00a0aged over 65, making up more than 1 in 5 of South\u00a0Australia\u2019s total population.\u00a0People are living longer, and more people want to<br \/>\ncontinue living in the community of their choice\u00a0for as long as possible. This has significant policy\u00a0and planning implications, and presents great\u00a0opportunities for our state.<\/p>\n<p>The South Australian Government\u2019s vision is to ensure\u00a0that all people can lead active lives and access their\u00a0community, easily and safely. Part of this vision is to\u00a0plan and build physical and social environments that\u00a0will optimise health and well-being and opportunities\u00a0to participate in the workforce, civic and community\u00a0life, as South Australians age.<\/p>\n<p>South Australia\u2019s Communities for All: Our Age-friendly\u00a0Future responds to changing demographics\u00a0and a growing awareness that the environments and\u00a0communities in which we live significantly influences\u00a0our health, well-being and happiness.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read the full set of guidelines online [<a href=\"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/south-australia-guide.pdf\">here<\/a>]\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":1458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"categories":[549],"tags":[296,295,294,297],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1454"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4936,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454\/revisions\/4936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}