AGED ACCOMMODATION

The  Ageing Community strategy released by the ACT Government in 2004  has succeeded in removing many obstacles to the supply of residential aged care accommodation in the ACT.  It placed an emphasis on establishing a rolling program of aged persons’ accommodation sites and on identifying and removing unnecessary delays in projects for aged accommodation by streamlining planning approval process.

There is a continuing need to ensure the availably of sufficient land suitable for aged accommodation, and to address any impediments to the ability of older people to move into accommodation more suited to their changing needs.