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Gothenburg recruits senior future developers

The City of Gothenburg has recruited 30 “Future developers”. There was a great interest in the assignment among the 170 applicants. The future developers will help the City of Gothenburg make Gothenburg more age-friendly; including evaluating locations, arranging activities and making customer trips to evaluate services. 
 
What is a Future developer?  
 
During the…

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Started: 2019
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Housing, Information and communication, Transportation, Urban development

Visible House Numbering

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The Georgetown Age-Friendly Community team partnered with the Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department to improve the numbering of houses throughout town. Georgetown is a rural community with very little town lighting. Easy identification of house numbering is matter of safety for the fire and ambulance crews, especially at night. The program provides five-inch reflective numbers mounted…

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Started: 2019
Location: Georgetown
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Information and communication, Social protection

Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods Membership

In February 2020, Bristol launched their local Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods Network, which replicates the global network on a local scale. Similarly to the WHO network, this initiative offer community groups and organisations the chance to be recognised for their efforts towards becoming age-friendly and to share resources, action plans and practices with other members. As candidates…

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Started: 2020
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Health

Age-Friendly Westerville Timeline

Phase One: Complete

  • Obtained Written Pledge/Resolution from City Council
  • Completed Membership Application
  • Submitted Written Pledge & Application to AARP
  • Organized Staff Task Force
  • Obtained acceptance into the WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities

Phase Two: Complete

  • Conducted Public Meeting #1 with Stakeholders
  • Developed AARP Livable Communities Survey
  • Joined the Commission of Age-Friendly Communities of Ohio (2019)

Phase Three: In Progress – May 2019…

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Started: 2018
Location: Westerville
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Education, Health, Housing, Information and communication, Labor, Long-term care, Social protection, Transportation

Self Portraits: Faces of Aging

In recognition of Older Americans Month, 2019, we launched Self Portraits: Faces of Aging.Thanks to funding from the Partners for Health Foundation and partnership support from the Montclair Art Museum, this initiative highlights self-portraits of older Montclair-area residents along with their reflections on what aging means to them.The goal of this…

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Started: 2020
Location: Montclair
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Other

Berkshire County

Berkshire County
United States of America

Keeping up with a movement to improve systems and programs across 8 areas of livability is a daunting task. Here's 9 municipal resolutions collected over the last 2+ years,…

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City population: 13000050 % over 60Joined Network in 2018

Dublin City’s Guide to Age Friendly communication

One of the main objectives of Dublin City Council’s Age Friendly Programme is to make Dublin city a great place in which to grow old. To achieve this goal, the city council in collaboration with the Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (National Disability Authority) and the Alzheimer Society of Ireland have created this guide.

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Started: 2019
Location: Dublin City Age Friendly
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Information and communication

The Importance of Age Friendly Communication

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The Clare Age Friendly Alliance Board has been in existence since July 2011. Since then the main aim is to make Clare a better place in which to grow old through the delivery of the Clare Age Friendly Strategy. Access to information and services was one of the key issues raised by older people in…

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Started: 2019
Location: County Clare
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Information and communication