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Shopping Service; called “Tochikubo Shopping Club” for aged people in Tochikubo area, Hadano city

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The Tochikubo area in Hadano city has as high as 52.8% of elderly population over 65 years old and also has many single households as well as aged households.
It was difficult for residents to go grocery shopping over the hills because there is no shop nearby and no public bus service available.
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Started: 2018
Location: Hadano City
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Transportation

Política Cantonal para la Atención Integral de la Persona Adulta Mayor

El cantón de Tibás se encuentra formulando la primera política cantonal, la cual corresponde a la “Política Cantonal para la Atención Integral de la Persona Adulta Mayor”. La cual permitirá definir las líneas de acción que deba desarrollar el gobierno local para poder ofrecer calidad de vida de manera integral a la población adulta mayor.…

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Started: 2020
Location: Tibas, Costa Rica
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Education, Information and communication, Social protection, Transportation, Urban development

Ulsan Metropolitan City

Ulsan Metropolitan City
Republic of Korea

울산광역시: 개요

  • 울산은 또한 전 세계적으로 볼 수 있는 인구 고령화 추세를 경험하고 있습니다. 노인 인구는 현재 10 %를 초과하고 있으며, “노인 인구”(예 : 베이비 붐 세대)에 진입하는 개인의 비율이 점점…

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City population: 110000023 % over 60Joined Network in 2020

Chilgok-gun (Chilgok Community)

Chilgok-gun (Chilgok Community)
Republic of Korea

A summary of legislation and enactment of contents for the welfare of older citizens includes;

  • Ordinance on the Formation of an Age-Friendly City in Chilgok-gun
  • Ordinance on the Promotion of Welfare for…

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City population: 11750421.1 % over 60Joined Network in 2020

Namhae-gun

Namhae-gun
Republic of Korea

Namhae-gun has established the vision of a “Vital 100 year old city, Treasure Island Namhae” in line with the top eight WHO guidelines

According to the vision, eight areas encompassed by…

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City population: 4377246 % over 60Joined Network in 2019

City of Sejong

City of Sejong
Republic of Korea

Sejong City is a relatively young city, with persons aged 65 or older accounting for approximately 10% of the total population. However, to respond proactively to global ageing and urbanization…

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City population: 38277015.8 % over 60Joined Network in 2019

Nowon Gu(District)

Nowon Gu(District)
Republic of Korea

Nowon-gu strives to be a ‘Healing City, Nowon’, and realize it’s vision of ‘Living Healthy at 100’. To achieve this vision, Nowon-gu has established three main sectors named ‘Nowon, vibrant…

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City population: 50009426.84 % over 60Joined Network in 2019

Rota

Rota
Spain

Entre las actividades amigables dirigidas a las personas mayores hasta ahora desde el Ayuntamiento de Rota destacan las siguientes:

Rota es ya Ciudad Solidaria con el Alzheimer y Ciudad Amiga, ya…

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City population: 3089743.27 % over 60Joined Network in 2019

Acessibilidade nos Transportes

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This program is the responsibility of the Porto Collective Transport Society (STCP), a municipal company that values a policy of integration and massification of public transport for people with reduced mobility. The company reached the goal of having an accessible network composed of 100% of vehicles with lowered floors and 66% with ramps.
STCP’s policy…

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Started: 2007
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Other

No Porto a Vida é Longa

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It`s a municipal program that encourages those over 60, city residents, to regularly practice sports, through a single annual symbolic payment.
This program operates throughout the year, except in August. The program’s available modalities are: gymnastics, cardio fitness, cycling, water activities, pilates, tai chi, yoga, boccia, latin dances and zumba.
The activities are prepared and…

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Started: 1998
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health

Rua Direita

Rua Direita is an ambitious municipal program for the deep rehabilitation of the city’s fine network of public spaces, which have not received any intervention for decades.

The program aims to restore circulation and enjoyment conditions to public spaces in areas that have long been forgotten.

Geographically comprehensive, the Rua Direita program is located throughout the city’s…

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Started: 2018
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

Estamos Juntos

Estamos Juntos Program aims to reduce the social isolation of the senior population, caused by increased longevity, the decline or absence of social networks and the lack of social responses.It is considered that the reduction of social isolation is structuring for the promotion of successful aging.The Program presents itself as a free solution for participating…

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Started: 2019
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Social protection

Jornadas CAPI – Cidade Amiga das Pessoas Idosas

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On September 19, 2019, the Municipality of Porto promoted the I Seminar – Porto, Age-Friendly City, where the various projects that contribute to a better quality of life, to the happiness and sense of belonging of senior people, were made public.
This seminar meant to inform and involve the city in the projects that have…

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Started: 2019
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Information and communication

Contas à Vida

Considering that the current socioeconomic context, in which financial products and services are increasingly electronic, this reality demands that financial education for the senior public assumes a preponderant role for their protection, since, the more informed they are, the more better decisions they will be able to make.

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Started: 2019
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication, Labor

Porto Importa-se

The municipality developed an inquiry addressed to the elderly citizens who live in social isolation in social housing districts of the city of Porto. The main guiding principles are problem identification link between the identified elderly citizens and the different social responses. The purpose is to also counterpart the formal responses with an extended volunteer…

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Started: 2019
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Social protection

Quem Sou Eu?

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This project’s goal is to tell the stories of these people’s lives, by means of Artwork Expressions, which culminates in public presentations to the community. A pilot experiment took place in 2018 in a vulnerable territory of the city. In 2019 the project was extended to other territories. Read more  »


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Started: 2018
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Other