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…

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

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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…

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…

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…

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…

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

CHORE Handyman Service–Older Adults Helping Older Adults

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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,…

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

A regional approach to Age Friendliness

The Illawarra Region is made up of four local government areas in the state…

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24 Oct, 2018, by Illawarra Shoalhaven Region, Guides and Toolkits, Publications

+Simple, digital inclusion for older people

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Within the framework of the Technology Inclusion Program, we delivered 106,550 tablets with the “+ Simple” platform to people over 60 years of age.

The platform groups content such as news, procedures, and social networks, as well as providing access to pages of interest. At the same time, older people were trained in the use of…

Started: 2018
Location: BuenosAires, Argentina
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Education, Information and communication, Other

Cultivate Safety Net Services

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Boulder County is facing a boom in its aging population. According to the Boulder County Area Agency on Aging (BCAAA), Boulder County’s population is aging at one of the fastest rates in Colorado. With the senior population aging exponentially faster than younger populations, Boulder County struggles to meet seniors’ needs for nutrition, transportation, and engagement…

Started: 2018
Location: Boulder County, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Information and communication, Other, Transportation

Supportive Services for Elderly in HUD Assisted Housing

The HUD Supportive Services Demonstration (SSD), also referred to as Integrated Wellness in Supportive Housing (IWISH), leverages HUD’s properties as a platform for the coordination and delivery of services to better address the interdependent health and supportive service needs of its older residents. The demonstration is testing a model of housing and supportive services with…

Started: 2017
Location: communities across the United States, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication, Social protection, Urban development

Sharps Exchange Partnership with local pharmacy and clients

Many of our seniors are frail, with mobility challenges and cannot dispose of sharps safely. Instead, they leave them in the open or in garbage bags, creating an unsafe environment that could lead not just to painful pin pricks but to more serious consequences, even causing death. In an effort to increase safety in the…

Started: 2017
Location: North York, Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Education, Health, Social protection

Home Refurbishment Programme in the Barcelona province

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The purpose of the Home Refurbishment Programme in the Barcelona province (except for the city of Barcelona itself) is to guarantee minimum levels of accessibility, safety, hygiene, habitability and energy efficiency by carrying out refurbishment work in the homes of the most vulnerable older people. The aim is to meet the challenge of an ageing…

Started: 2009
Location: Province of Barcelona (except the city of Barcelona), Spain
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing, Other

Tu vivienda amigable, consejos para lograrlo

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Desde la Secretaría de Integración Social de las Personas Mayores promovemos la participación y permanencia de las personas mayores en sus hogares y entornos, para alcanzarlo creamos el programa BA, Amiga de las Personas Mayores que busca mejorar la calidad de vida de la población mayor a partir de iniciativas que promuevan la accesibilidad en…

Started: 2018
Location: BuenosAires, Argentina
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Health, Housing, Long-term care