Key Findings Additional Information The following pages provide the information gathered during the consulation period which supports stategies identifed. The information has been listed under each of the eight themes for the project’s engagement activities. Please note that • only topics with more than a couple of comments were included in the sub-categories or other plus 55 comments. The topics that received 1-2 responses from the community have been excluded from the report due to size restrictions. Regardless of this all comments have been provided to Council for their reference. • each theme had the sub-categories listed with the most responses first through to the one with the least. It is important to note there may have only been a small number in difference. • some responses cross over into other themes, therefore the reader needs to consider the wider perspective (as categorised into one theme for scoping purposes). The below key and notes provide explanation that will assist with the reader’s understanding of information provision. Example
Description p
Plus 55 community responses are included in this topic.
u
Unpaid carers’ responses are included in this topic.
v
Stakeholder responses are included in this topic.
Supportive Research
Includes direct exerts or paraphrased information from the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Department of Local Government and Communities (DOLGC) age-friendly research which engaged older people (the term older people were used in these reports to define those over 60 years of age). WHO’s research was attained internationally and includes WA representation. DOLGC’s collective research is a collation 11 metropolitan and 12 non-metropolitan local governments research reports. Information provided is only a sample from these extensive reports (see references for report details*). It is important to note that other research and studies may also provide supportive information with relation to the topics in this report, including those that were not covered in the WHO and DOLGC ‘Supportive Research’.
Other Plus 55 Comments
Additional comments that have value to the reader but may not be specifically relevant or aligned with any strategy. Also see ‘Note’ below.
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