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Services for Older People
Local support and services for seniors and people over 50.
Bayside Age-Friendly Community Strategy
We are developing an Age-Friendly Community Strategy 2022-2026. The Strategy will set out Council’s four-year plan to ensure all people in Bayside experience the benefits of living longer, safer and healthier and continue to enjoy opportunities to participate in community life.
Community consultation to inform the Strategy has now ended. Thank you to everyone who took the time to contribute.
The Strategy will be published once it has been adopted by Council.
Seniors Centres and Seniors Groups
Our friendly and welcoming seniors centres and seniors groups run activities including:
- cultural activities
- social activities
- recreation
- adult learning
- health and wellbeing activities.
Specific activities at each centre may include line dancing, ballroom dancing, card games, exercise, coach trips, or educational activities.
New members are always welcome.
For more information, contact your nearest Seniors Citizen Centre or Seniors Group:
Seniors Centres
Ramsgate Seniors Centre
382 Rocky Point Road, Ramsgate
Phone 9529 4288
Contact Mary Debono on 9529 4288 or marymacpherson@bigpond.com
Kogarah West
15 Taylor Street, Kogarah
Contact Tony Wong on 0422 263 416 or tonyksw70@gmail.com
Mascot
Cnr Coward and Aloha Streets, Mascot
Contact Annette on 0407 234 117 or 9693 2200 or mascot.seniorcitizens@gmail.com
Website: www.mascotseniors.com.au
Pagewood
35 Dalley Avenue, Pagewood
Contact Coral or Don Graham on 0487 802 172 or gramas2@bigpond.com
Seniors Groups
- Fridays Senior Exercise Group: held at the Alf Kay Community Centre in Eastlakes - 9366 3679
- Rockdale Adult Leisure Learning Centre - 0413 793 641
- Mature Men's Group - 0413 045 757
- Men's Shed - 1300 550 009
Cultural and Linguistically Diverse Services
The following independent organisations offer services for people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds:
Health and Fitness
Finding an exercise based activity to keep you fit and active is important at all ages, whether its for active fitness, relaxation and stress management or gentle exercise.
The following organisations provide local health and fitness services for seniors:
- SHARE: provides a range of exercise classes at locations across Bayside - 8580 0628
- Aim for Fitness: a healthy ageing program from NSW Health - 9382 8131
- Fridays Senior Exercise Group: held at the Alfred Kaye Centre in Eastlakes - 9366 3679
- Active and Healthy NSW: provides information, advice and a service that helps you find local health activities - MOH-ActiveAgeing@health.nsw.gov.au
Home Support Services
Home support services are provided through My Aged Care, under the Commonwealth Home Support Program.
My Aged Care can arrange services to help you live independently. When you are ready, they can also help you look into an aged care home.
Contact My Aged Care:
Meals on Wheels, Shopping List Program and Centre Based programs
You can access these services through My Aged Care:
In the Bayside area these services are provided by South Eastern Community Connect and Randwick Meals on Wheels Service.
Home Library Service
If you are unable to visit the Library due to illness, disability or mobility issues, please contact us to arrange home delivery. We can deliver magazines, books, CDs and hearing books.
Contact us:
Seniors in Bayside
People aged 60 years and over make up 19% of the Bayside population, with citizens aged 70 years and over making up 10.5% of the overall population.
This group includes people from diverse backgrounds and cultures. 52% of our senior residents speak a language other than English at home. 8.2% of residents do not speak English fluently and so are more likely to require language and culturally specific services as they age.
More information: