Pondering an ageing dilemma
RE Southern Highlands News Monday, December 10 “Heritage Woe” reports residents calling a Lendlease development ‘a worthy cause in the wrong location’.
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It might also be described as in the wrong century.
In your same edition Linda Burgess describes the increasing tragic epidemic of loneliness.
Will accommodating or warehousing 108 in an aged isolated facility built by big-hearted, compassionate, empathetic Lendlease decrease loneliness?
Catholic Healthcare general manager, property, Michael Lockwood says the facility is on the ‘smaller end’ for its kind and ‘We have done a demographic analysis and believe there is a demand for this kind of facility.’ Read that as ‘There’s a bob in it’.
How many from the Lend Lease board of directors or relatives of Catholic Healthcare will be booking a bed?
There is more informed and better researched world’s best practice planning in age friendly communities.
Clusters of smaller units are being built with connections the rest of the community in the middle of towns and villages to avoid older people being isolated from friends and family.
Future generations may well see current institutions the way we now look on 19th asylums – walled from the rest of society.
The World Health Organisation recognises care of older people as the world’s most serious problem.
The world has never known a problem like this in its history.
The challenge is to discover new dignified, respectful, community-connected ways to look after people who have contributed all their lives to the community.
This requires more than a good property investment. It requires publications like the Southern Highland News to provide a forum for discussion of these matters. It requires giving a democratic voice to those who are ageing.
It requires local government leadership, intelligent research and compassionate creativity.
Michael D Breen
Robertson
Game day success for Mittagong CWA
Mittagong CWA held a very successful games day to raise money to assist with the drought relief on Wednesday, November 28.
Thirty Thirty or so people attended to play a variety of games including mahjong, scrabble, cribbage and Rummycub.
A very endoyable day was had by all which included morning tea and lunch served by our wonderful members.
A total of $855 was raised to help with the drought relief.
Elva Pankhurst
Publicity Officer
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