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Surf Coast Shire Wiser Driver Course

Evaluated

Surf Coast Shire Wiser Driver Courses are face-to-face interactive courses that are conducted for two hours each week over a four week period. They are delivered through a collaboration between Surf Coast Shire Council, ACCESS Health and Community and VicRoads. These courses are targeted to people between the ages of 65 and 90 years and…

Started: 2021
Location: Surf Coast Shire, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Education, Transportation

Chatty Benches for Spontaneous Conversations

About twenty chatty benches have been placed in Gothenburg, Sweden. The idea is that the benches, which can serve as a place for conversation, will contribute to more spontaneous meetings between people, counteract social isolation and alleviate loneliness.

The chatty benches are part of the City of Gothenburg’s action plan for an Age-Friendly Gothenburg, a broad…

Started: 2021
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Health, Information and communication, Urban development

Virtual Reality for Seniors Program

Evaluated

A virtual reality (VR) experience provided older adults and people living with dementia & their carers an opportunity for social connection and learning. Funded by a WA Department of Communities Age-friendly Communities grant, this project aimed to provide seniors and people living with dementia access to positive experiences, social connection and engagement with this new…

Started: 2022
Location: City of Wanneroo, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health

Idoso na Biblioteca

Encontro com dinâmicas, releituras, histórias, bate-papo, troca de experiências, socialização, tendo como principal objetivo estimulação cognitiva, através da oralidade, atividades intelectuais, mantendo o cérebro em constante atividade e estimulando sua atenção e explorando sua criatividade.
Garantindo uma qualidade de vida, sendo essencial nessa fase.

Started: 2022
Location: Pato Branco, Brazil
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Information and communication

Monitoring Group for the Creation of Senior

Evaluated

〇 The City of Bucheon already entered the aged society with 92,537 aged people over 65 years old as of Dec., 2017 (10.9% of the elderly population) and it is expected that the population rate of older people will be 20.2% in 2026.

〇 The City of Bucheon has endeavored to build liveable urban environment for…

Started: 2018
Location: City of Bucheon, Republic of Korea
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication, Labor

Proyecto Acondicionamiento físico para Adultos Mayores

Con el envejecimiento, las personas mayores pueden hacerse más dependientes, ya que pueden aparecer limitaciones causadas por el paso de los años. El posible deterioro físico puede retrasarse manteniendo el hábito de practicar ejercicio físico, siempre teniendo en cuenta las limitaciones de cada individuo.
En el cantón de Tilarán tenemos según cifras del último censo…

Started: 2020
Location: Tilaran, Costa Rica
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health

Itinerarios Amigables para todos

La práctica consiste en diseñar una serie de rutas estratégicas que conecten los principales barrios para que las personas mayores puedan pasear por el municipio, beneficiándose de las bondades de una actividad física moderada, asegurando la accesibilidad y la seguridad para todos y todas y fortaleciendo el tejido social formado por las personas mayores.

Objetivos:

– Incentivar…

Started: 2019
Location: Durango, Spain
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health, Urban development

Las personas mayores crean una asociación vecinal y mucho más…

Estas son algunas de las acciones que las personas mayores de la Ciudad han llevado a cabo a través del proyecto de Participación y Asociacionismo dentro del Plan de Acción de Zaragoza Ciudad Amigable impulsado por el Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza.

Este proyecto persigue impulsar la participación de las personas mayores en su entorno, poniendo en valor…

Started: 2016
Location: Zaragoza, Spain
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Labor

Míster Chef – Taller de cocina

Evaluated

Míster Chef, es un taller de cocina dirigido principalmente a hombres mayores residentes en el municipio que tienen pocos o escasos conocimientos de cocina, y que se encuentren en situaciones de vulnerabilidad. Desde los Centros Municipales de Mayores iniciamos este Taller como una acción para cumplir los principios que tiene la Concejalía de Mayores, entre…

Started: 2020
Location: Fuenlabrada, Spain
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Labor

Inter-Consejos de Participación

El Consejo de Participación constituye el órgano de representación y participación formado por los/as socios/as de los Centros Municipales de Mayores. El Consejo de Participación estará integrado por Presidente/a, Vicepresidente/a, Secretario/a y Vocales. El número de integrantes de dichos Consejos de Participación dependerá del número medio de socios/as-usuarios/as de cada Centro.

En el municipio de Fuenlabrada…

Started: 2018
Location: Fuenlabrada, Spain
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Information and communication, Other

Campaña de prevención de accidentes para personas mayores

Evaluated

Introducción:
Ante el envejecimiento de la población, es preciso incrementar la promoción de la autonomía de las personas mayores. Los accidentes en personas mayores pueden cambiar la vida originando graves consecuencias que limitan su autonomía y generan aislamiento social.
Este programa, pretende proporcionar una información cualificada sobre la prevención de accidentes dentro y fuera del…

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

Proyecto Zapatilla

Nuestro proyecto pretende, aprovechando los recursos ya existentes, mejorándolos en lo necesario, desarrollar en Abadiño la infraestructura y hábitos necesarios para fomentar el paseo como actividad física habitual, manteniendo en esa actividad a personas que ya la están practicando, recuperando a aquellos que la hayan abandonado e introduciendo en la misma a personas que nunca…

Started: 2021
Location: Abadino, Spain
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Long-term care

Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project – Tuen Mun District

To enhance the older people’s quality of life and build an age-friendly city which can cater to the needs of people of all ages, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust (the “Trust”) funded Asia-Pacific Institute of Ageing Study (APIAS), Lingnan University and three non-governmental organisations (NGOs), namely the Yau On Lutheran Centre For The…

Started: 2019
Location: Tuen Mun District Hong Kong, China
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Education, Health, Information and communication

Saanich Parks & Recreation Older Adult Strategy

Evaluated

Saanich Parks, Recreation and Community Services created an Older Adults Strategy for 2017 – 2022. Hearing from over 2000 older adults Saanich identified four strategic priorities which will set the direction for the department to meet the needs of the older adult population for the next few years.:

Programming Continuum
Age Friendly Spaces
Collaboration
Enhanced Communication

Started: 2017
Location: Municipality of Saanich, Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health

Connectedness event – tackling socal isolation and lonelines

Evaluated

Public health along with Sunderland University Student Union facilitated discussions about joint event around this topic. Social isolation and loneliness is a key topic within the public health ‘Ageing Well’ agenda but also a strategic priority for the student union in terms of young people. Social isolation and loneliness is often seen as an ageing…

Started: 2019
Location: Sunderland, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication

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