Adding life to years
Login
Join us
Text size:
-+=

Search Results:

Advancing Age-Friendly Housing Policies

As an aging city with a very limited stock of age-friendly housing, Portland’s Age-Friendly Advisory Council recognized the need for policies to better support the development of age-friendly housing. Our age-friendly practice consists of the development of an equitable housing goal and 10 age-friendly housing-related policies, as articulated in Portland’s 2035 Comprehensive Plan, which took…

Read more

Started: 2016
Location: Portland, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing, Transportation, Urban development

Logement intergénérationnel

La ville de Sceaux accueille chaque année un nombre important d’étudiants inscrits dans l’un des établissements supérieurs de la ville. D’un autre coté, de nombreux retraités et personnes âgées scéens vivent isolées dans de grands appartements ou dans leur maison.
Afin de répondre au manque de logements étudiants et à la solitude des aînés, la…

Read more

Started: 2013
Location: Sceaux, France
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Housing, Long-term care

Life-Long Homes Coalition

Evaluated

Most people hope to age in the same homes and communities where they have lived the rest of their lives. However, suburban communities of single family homes often leave residents living isolated lives in environments hazardous to their changing bodies. In Montgomery County, Maryland, a County employee developed an innovative collaboration, the Life-Long Homes Collaboration,…

Read more

Started: 2016
Location: Montgomery County, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication, Other, Social protection

Berkshire County Residential Aging In Place Workbook & Video

In early 2015, the Age Friendly Berkshires county survey was conducted and almost 2,500 responses were received from adults age 50 and over who described their experiences living in Berkshire County. Overwhelmingly, respondents indicated that they wanted to remain living in their own homes for as long as possible, or if that was not possible…

Read more

Started: 2016
Location: Age Friendly Berkshires, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing

Integrated housing solution

Sharjah is the first Arab city to join the Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities. As part of the Sharjah Strategic Plan 2017-2020, the Directorate of Housing (DH) is taking a major role by providing an innovative housing solution for older people. All governmental entities are working hand in hand to transform Sharjah into…

Read more

Started: 2012
Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Housing

Welhavens street 5, a technological apartment building

The population of Oslo will increase in age in the coming years. As a result, the demand for public health services will increase and the municipality wants to give service users who want to live at home access to adequate health services. To prepare for this, the municipality’s healthcare services have started using technology. As…

Read more

Started: 2016
Location: District St.Hanshaugen, Oslo, Norway, Norway
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication, Long-term care

An Cluinín Retirement Village

Evaluated

An Cluinín retirement village was created by Kilmaley Voluntary Housing Association in response to an identified need within the rural area of Kilmaley, County Clare. The initial goal was to provide older people who were rurally isolated with the opportunity to grow old in a home environment with support and assistance when required, thereby preventing…

Read more

Started: 2000
Location: County Clare, Ireland
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Housing, Long-term care

La Grande Vie, Housing co-op for autonomous and frail seniors

Evaluated

La Grande Vie (meaning The Great Life) was initiated by two housing co-ops in Sherbrooke (Quebec, Canada) – la Coopérative d’habitation des Cantons de l’Est and La Coopérative d’habitation de la Rive-Gauche – so that their aging tenants could find the support they need while pursuing their cooperative lifestyle. La Grand Vie aims to offer…

Read more

Started: 2011
Location: Sherbrooke (Québec, Canada), Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing, Long-term care

La maison DAHLIA

Evaluated

Cette maison présente trois fonctions :
– un espace d’accueil, d’information et de prévention consacré à l’accessibilité et l’adaptation du logement seniors ;
– un lieu de formation et de sensibilisation des professionnels du maintien à domicile des personnes âgées et des artisans du bâtiment ;
– un lieu de prévention (stages, réunions d’information) destiné…

Read more

Started: 2016
Location: Le Havre, France
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Education, Housing, Information and communication

Online age-friendly housing ‘Design Hub’

The Housing LIN is a sophisticated network bringing together over 40,000 housing, health and social care professionals in England and Wales to exemplify innovative age-friendly housing solutions for older people and people with chronic conditions. For example, well-designed, accessible housing  and neighbourhoods that offer an attractive lifestyle choice in later life as well as ‘care…

Read more

Started: 2011
Location: Housing Learning and Improvement Network, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Housing, Long-term care, Urban development

Homesharing for Seniors

Evaluated

Increasing housing costs can present a significant challenge to older Americans, either as they search for affordable housing, or seek a means to remain in their own long-time homes. Homesharing not only helps seniors financially, it also decreases social isolation, which in turn, has psychological and physical benefits.

SeniorHomeshares.com facilitates the Golden Girls! Senior Homeshares is…

Read more

Started: 2016
Location: Boulder, CO, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing

Housing for Older People: Evidence based Decision Making

Fingal Age Friendly Alliance established an interagency Housing Sub-Committee to ascertain the housing needs of older people and promote the development of Age Friendly Housing. Consultations with older people during the development of Fingal’s Age Friendly Strategy highlighted their wish to remain living in their own home and uncertainties around the availability of social, health…

Read more

Started: 2016
Location: 3D Social Movement
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Housing

Intergenerational house-sharing for South Bay

ElderHelp’s HomeShare program uses existing housing stock to pair home providers with those who are seeking affordable housing. For years, adhering to the ElderHelp mission, HomeShare has focused on seniors in San Diego, either those that need housing or those that want a housemate in exchange for rent income. Now HomeShare has undertaken a new…

Read more

Started: 2018
Location: San Diego, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Housing

Ageing well at home: the common answer of the city and social landlords

Such as the national trend, Angers’ population is getting older; in 2020, a third of its population will be 60 years of age or more. Consequently, the number of dependent people already increases, simultaneously with an arouse isolation and impoverishment. To come to grip with these issues, the city and the social landlords have decided…

Read more

Started: 2016
Location: Angers
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Housing, Long-term care, Urban development

Vilnius

Vilnius
Lithuania

Vilnius is the capital city of Lithuania with a population of about 620.000, where 20% of citizens are over 60 years old.
In 2015 the vision of Vilnius as an…

More Details
City population: 62000020 % over 60Joined Network in 2018

CHORE Handyman Service–Older Adults Helping Older Adults

Evaluated

Established in 1977 by the Bergen Volunteer Center, the CHORE Volunteer Handyman Service helps Bergen County, New Jersey residents 60 years and older, and/or adults with permanent disabilities, remain safe in their own homes by performing minor repairs for only the cost of parts. Repairs include installing grab bars, railings and smoke detectors; minor plumbing/electric,…

Read more

Started: 1977
Location: Bergen County, New Jersey, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Housing, Other