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Older People

Active Ageing

Active aging promotes the vision of all individuals—regardless of age, socioeconomic status or health—fully engaging in life within all seven dimensions of wellness: emotional, environmental, intellectual/cognitive, physical, professional/vocational, social and spiritual.

Dementia

Dementia is the loss of cognitive functioning — thinking, remembering, and reasoning — to such an extent that it interferes with a person's daily life and activities.

Connecting Seniors

Council will coordinate a series of 52 events in the Bathurst LGA aiming to bring seniors together with young people to exchange skills and enrich community connections with the support of a NSW Connecting Seniors Grant.

Positive Ageing Strategy

Positive ageing embraces the idea of being active, connected, valued and respected as you grow older in your community. Health is the key factor that enables people to access the opportunities that longer life expectancy can bring.

Seniors Festival

The festival celebrates the role and contributions of older adults to our local communities. It's the largest of its kind in the southern hemisphere, with over 500,000 people attending each year.

Guide to Accessible Bathurst

A visitors guide, parking, restrooms and transport are covered the our Guide to Accessible Bathurst.

Pension Rebates

A ratepayer who is an eligible pensioner may be entitled to a rebate for rates and charges. A pro-rata rebate proportional to the number of quarterly periods remaining, may apply should he/she become a pensioner after the issue date of their rates notice.