Welcome to ACT Office for Ageing

The Office for Ageing is a unit within the Governance, Advocacy and Community Policy Group of the Community Services Directorate. The Office provides the ACT Government with policy advice on positive ageing and it administers funding for positive ageing initiatives such as the ACT Seniors Card and the Life’s Reflections Photographic Competition.

Concession Card

Affordability of essential services including taxi, spectacles and utilities, for low-income earners and people experiencing disadvantage

Respect Older People in the Community

Respect Older People in the Community

ACT Seniors Card

ACT Seniors Card

ACT Seniors related information

ACT Seniors Information

Affordable essential services

ACT Seniors Spectacle Scheme

Resources for Professionals

Ageing Research OnlineAustralian Government

Ageing Research Online

Ageing Research Online provides access to information on ageing research, including relevant policy responses and research initiatives.
http://www.aro.gov.au External Link

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Ageing Research Unit , ANUAgeing Research UnitAustralian National University

The Ageing Research Unit encompasses a range of research projects concerned with ageing and development over the lifespan that are conducted in the Australian National University's Centre for Mental Health Research.
http://ageing.anu.edu.au External Link

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Australian Association of GerontologyAustralian Association of Gerontology

Australia's largest multidisciplinary professional association of people who work in, or have an interest in, ageing. The AAG aims to expand knowledge of ageing, with the purpose of improving the experience of ageing.
http://www.aag.asn.au External Link

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Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies

Centre for Ageing and Pastoral Studies

CAPS is a centre where scholarship in ageing and pastoral studies can be pursued. The process of ageing is examined within the context of meaning in life and wellbeing for ageing. Quality of life issues for older people, including living with dementia, are subjects for research and education.
http://www.centreforageing.org.au External Link

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Pastoral Care Council of the ACTPastoral Care Council of the ACT

A peak body that represents a cross-section of pastoral care providers.
http://www.pastoralcareact.org External Link

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Spiritual Care Australia, ACT BranchSpiritual Care Australia

An organisation that seeks to unify, consolidate, support, promote & encourage the development of chaplaincy, religious, pastoral & spiritual care within contemporary multi-faith Australia.
http://www.pastoralcareact.org/sca/ External Link

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Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI)Australian Housing and |urban Research Institute

A national, not-for-profit organisation that funds, conducts and disseminates research on housing, homelessness and cities to inform the policies and practices of governments, industry and the community sector, and to stimulate debate in the broader Australian community. http://www.ahuri.edu.au/ External Link

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