Keep the Conversation Going on Aging Says Mayor
Written by John Freer on October 14, 2024
By John Freer
Census data which shows per head of population that 35 percent of people living on the Coromandel Peninsula are over 65, has triggered a need for a different approach on our handling the region’s aging population.
In raising this Thames Coromandel Mayor, Len Salt, also opened the vexed question of council’s responsibility against focussing on core activities such as roads, water and waste and the social needs of the community.
While supporting the need for further discussion on the question of the region’s aging population, the Mayor said he believed council also ha a social responsibility and therefore he did not support council turning its back when residents when help was needed.
Open the link below to hear our interview with Thames Coromandel Mayor, Len Salt.
Sereena Burton On October 15, 2024 at 1:38 pm
Does anyone in this vulnerable, possibly not technologically-savvy, age group realise that the Yellow Pages have “been delivered” for the year? Probably not, because Yellow are now doing what they call “targeted deliveries”. In other words, they deliver to those who they think need them, not the people who DO need them.