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Global Database of Age-friendly Practices

Waterloo recognizes a senior of the year

The Ontario Senior of the Year Award gives each municipality in Ontario the opportunity to honour one local senior who has made outstanding contributions to their community after the age of 65 years old. The City of Waterloo and its age-friendly multi-agency committee have been selecting and presenting this award to an outstanding senior community…

Started: 2013
Location: Waterloo, Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Information and communication

Liveable Housing

Livable Housing refers to basic and easy to implement features that improve the accessibility of new homes. Livable Housing features improve new homes so that they are
1. Easier to enter
2. Easier to navigate in and around
3. Designed to meet changing needs of residents who may experience a reduced mobility, dementia, injury or…

Started: 2013
Location: Banyule, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing, Information and communication

Age friendly Champions (volunteers)

Residents championing Banyule as an age-friendly city have just celebrated their third birthday and are putting out the call to others to join them. Since Council’s Age-friendly Champion initiative started in 2014, 100 Banyule residents have been trained to be Age-friendly Champions and been involved in a string of projects that improve the quality…

Started: 2015
Location: Banyule, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Information and communication

Tech and Tea a technology five week course for Older People

Evaluated

The programme is based on the Gulbenkian report on older people, technology and community: The benefits of technology… is how technology can foster improved social interaction, engaging older people in their communities and promote high quality face-to-face contact. It is a programme of informal digital skills development for residents over the age of 65 years…

Started: 2016
Location: Salford, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication

Akita Age-Friendly Partner Program

Evaluated

In order to promote creating the Age-friendly City with private sectors, Akita City registers private companies and organizations as Age-friendly partners, which are encouraged to continue their efforts under the Akita Age-Friendly Partner Program.

Examples of the Partners’ Efforts

・Eliminating steps and installing handrails for buildings

・Installing benches available for public use

・Installing AED in the offices for employees…

Started: 2015
Location: Akita
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Education, Health, Housing, Information and communication, Labor, Other, Transportation

Young and Gold Intergenerational Urban Art Project

Evaluated

Art has a unique way of connecting people across age groups. The Young and Gold Intergenerational Urban Art Project provided young people and seniors the opportunity to participate in an urban art community project at Golden Bay foreshore. The following objectives were achieved: The number of seniors who reported feeling comfortable communicating with young people…

Started: 2016
Location: Rockingham, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Other

Seniors and Carers Expo

Evaluated

The City of Rockingham has facilitated an annual Seniors and Carers Expo since 2009. The goal of the expo is to provide seniors and carers with information on the services, programs, activities and community/support groups available to them. The expo aligns with the WHO Age-friendly domain ‘Communication and Information’ which highlights that staying connected with…

Started: 2009
Location: Rockingham, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication

Engagement with council libraries and community hubs

Evaluated

The Hutt city council in partnership with Age Concern (an NGO) started a programme for seniors who were all clients of Age Concern accredited visitor service. They are people who are identified as socially isolated and lonely. Once a month a group of seniors are picked up from home by a volunteer driver in a…

Started: 2016
Location: The city of Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships

Sharjah Mobile Medical Center

Evaluated

The mobile medical clinic is a field clinic, furnished and equipped with large medical devices. It offers services to elderly people and disabled people, and those who face difficulty in moving. It moves among the houses of the elderly people in different areas of Emirate of Sharjah. The mobile clinic treats the simple cases and…

Started: 2016
Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health

Sunderland’s age friendly baseline position

Sunderland’s age friendly baseline position:Sunderland City Council and its partners have prepared a baseline position to establish current age friendly practice in the city. This is our first step in making Sunderland even more age friendly.

Location: Sunderland, United Kingdom
Sectors: Urban development

TKO Dementia Friendly Community Service Program : Dementia Friendly Community Symposium

Addressing needs of older people with dementia and their families has always been one of the main focuses of the Age-Friendly Working Group in the Sai Kung District of Hong Kong SAR, China. The Group comprises government departments, elderly representatives and non-governmental organizations. The Working Group collaborates with Haven of Hope District Elderly Community Service,…

Started: 2015
Location: Sai Kung District Hong Kong, China
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health

How Age-Friendly is Ottawa? An Evaluation Framework to Measure the Age-Friendliness of Ottawa

Age-friendly Ottawa conducted an assessment to measure Ottawa’s age-friendliness. The assessment involved the creation of a local framework for action. Based on the assessment, we know more about the physical environments – outdoor spaces and buildings, transportation, and housing – than the social environments. In fact, three of the social age-friendly areas, social participation, civic…

Started: 2016
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Sectors: Information and communication

Liverpool Winter Warmth Campaign (2016)

Evaluated

The Winter Warmth Campaign involved the delivery of 1500 hamper packs to older adults in their homes. Information leaflets on keeping warm, safe and healthy was included within the packs. The reps delivering the packs engaged with tenants and asked questions about welfare benefits, utility bills and provided information, advice and signposted if required. Following…

Started: 2011
Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Health

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