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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2021 Week 04 Hansard (Wednesday, 21 April 2021) . . Page.. 982 ..

The Assembly voted—

Amendment agreed to.

Original question, as amended, resolved in the affirmative.

Health—dementia

MS LAWDER (Brindabella) (3.49): I move:

That this Assembly:

(1) notes that:

(a) there is a need for improved design and infrastructure to meet the needs of individuals with dementia in Canberra;

(b) having “dementia-friendly design” (as recommended by Dementia Australia) of venues and infrastructure will decrease the risk of social isolation for older individuals;

(c) social inclusion is an integral part of improving mental health in older Canberrans;

(d) access to places that provide social opportunities such as our national institutions and tourist locations should be open to everyone;

(e) there are currently no set standards for physical environments to ensure that they allow for people with dementia to engage safely and as independently as possible with these built environments; and

(f) the Federal Government committed an additional $132.2 million to Dementia Australia in December 2020 in response to the Aged Care Royal Commission’s recommendations on COVID-19; and

(2) calls on the ACT Government to:

(a) investigate how to make Canberra a more dementia friendly city;

(b) formally incorporate these findings into the Age-Friendly City Plan 2020-2024 and outline a timeframe for when the implementation process must be completed by; and

(c) report these findings and table the updated Age-Friendly City Plan 2020-2024 to the Assembly by the end of September 2021. (Notice given 19 April 2021.

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