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Global Database of Age-friendly Practices

Programs to enable older people to find values in life

Hakone Town holds annual Ground Golf Tournament for older people as an initiative to get them active and enjoy life. The tournament attracts nearly 100 seniors every year mainly from seniors’ social clubs, and they compete their golfing skills.
This tournament is an event the Town entrusted to Seniors’ Social Club for organizing, so seniors…

Started: 1984
Location: Hakone Town, Japan
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Information and communication

TOURISM AWARENESS PROGRAM FOR THE ELDERLY

Evaluated

Viña del Mar is known as the Capital of Tourism of Chile.
The city provides knowledge to older adults on different topics of community tourism, just so that they can be able to inform and/or guide both national and foreign tourists about the tourist attractions of the city of Viña del Mar, Chile. The program…

Started: 2019
Location: Vina del Mar, Chile
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Education, Information and communication

Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project – HK East (Phase 2)

The Hong Kong Young Women’s Christian Association Ming Yue District Elderly Community Centre organised the Age-friendly City programme to improve age-friendliness in 1) respect and social inclusion, 2) community support and health services, and 3) social participation within the district with support from the Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project. This programme included two sections with…

Started: 2020
Location: Eastern District, China
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Information and communication

Inclusive Guided Walks

The purpose is to offer the opportunity to older people to get to know sectors of patrimonial, tourist and cultural interest in Viña del Mar. With this we contribute to people’s sense of belonging to their city. They are Guided Walks through two representative sectors of the city: Quinta Vergara Park and Coastal Border. They…

Started: 2018
Location: Vina del Mar, Chile
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Education, Information and communication

Katowice – Senior Citizens’ Feasts – 2022

Evaluated

“Senior Citizens’ Feasts” is a task that has been implemented in Katowice since 2017. The feasts were initiated by older citizens of Katowice who during public consultations reported the need to organize events where they could sing, dance, and make new friends. Considering the importance of emotional health, sense of belonging to a larger group,…

Started: 2017
Location: Katowice, Poland
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Education, Health, Housing, Information and communication, Labor, Long-term care, Social protection, Transportation, Urban development

ensemble2générations – Habitat partagé en résidence autonomie (Shared housing in an independent residence)

Established in Bordeaux in 2013, the “ensemble2générations” association works to promote intergenerational relations, break the solitude of older people and combat the precariousness of young students faced with a rare and expensive housing crisis, by accommodating young people in the homes of older people. The project, run in partnership with the city of Bordeaux and…

Started: 2017
Location: Bordeaux, France
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Housing, Other

COHABITATION INTERGENERATIONNELLE SOLIDAIRE

La Ville de Bordeaux et son CCAS soutiennent l’association VIVRE AVEC pour son action de cohabitation intergénérationnelle solidaire. Le principe de l’association Vivre Avec : une personne âgée souffrant d’un sentiment de solitude et/ou d’isolement, accepte d’accueillir sous son toit un jeune (lui-même fréquemment en situation d’isolement). Elle lui offre une chambre en contrepartie d’une…

Started: 2004
Location: Bordeaux, France
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Housing, Other

Ennis Age Friendly Town

Evaluated

The Ennis Age Friendly town strategy was developed in consultation with stakeholders both statutory and voluntary including the Older Persons Council, Clare County Council, An Garda Siochana and the HSE. A number of walkability audits were conducted with the Older Persons Council/Wheelchair users and persons with limited abilities to assess the existing streetscape and access…

Started: 2021
Location: County Clare, Ireland
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Education, Health, Information and communication, Transportation, Urban development

Talleres Centro del Adulto Mayor en Pandemia Covid-19

Durante este año, el Centro del Adulto Mayor, especialmente el área de talleres, producto de la pandemia mundial producida por el virus COVID-19 ha debido readecuar sus servicios y atenciones con las personas mayores de la comuna.

Durante estos meses cada monitor y monitora de talleres ha realizado cápsulas informativas, y videos, con rutinas de ejercicios…

Started: 2020
Location: Penalolen, Chile
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Education, Health, Long-term care

Semana de las Personas Mayores

Evaluated

Ciclo anual de actividades pensadas por y para los mayores, organizado por el Ayuntamiento de Jerez en colaboración con el Consejo Local de Mayores.

Started: 2000
Location: JerezdelaFrontera, Spain
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health, Information and communication

Active and healthy aging from occupational therapy

Promotion of healthy lifestyles, the good use of time, risk prevention and the promotion of an active life that allows daily training of cognitive and physical abilities, promoting the independence of the elderly, at a mental, physical and social level with the purpose of maintaining a satisfactory functional level and with the accompaniment of the…

Started: 2022
Location: veronicahernandez, Costa Rica
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health

“1º FESTIVAL DE NATAÇÃO PARA A TERCEIRA IDADE”

A Prefeitura de Jaguariúna mostra mais uma vez que se preocupa com a saúde da população e incentiva a prática de esportes. Prova disso é o “1º Festival de Natação para a Terceira Idade” que aconteceu no sábado, dia 05/03/2022, no parque Serra Dourada.

O evento teve início às 9h, é gratuito e para participar é…

Started: 2022
Location: Jaguariuna, Brazil
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Labor

Programa de Alfabetización para Personas Mayores, Quillón

Evaluated

•Entregar y/o potenciar a las personas mayores en relación a sus destrezas de lecto – escritura, otorgando de esta manera herramientas que fortalezcan la independencia (toma de decisiones, accesos más oportunos a beneficios estatales y municipales, mayor vinculación con su entorno) de los beneficiarios, a través de un programa de alfabetización especialmente adaptado a sus…

Started: 2019
Location: Quillon, Chile
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Education

Quality of Life of the Elderly, through Sports

Evaluated

The number of elderly people has been growing every year and actions that benefit active aging are needed. Contributing so that the elderly who live in the city can enjoy public policies appropriate to their needs, this project aims to offer care to this public in the training projects of adapted games. In the years…

Started: 2012
Location: Veranopolis, Brazil
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health

JOMI – Jogos da Melhor Idade 2022

Jaguariúna began on Wednesday, 20 April 2022, its participation in the Games of the Best Age (JOMI – Jogos da Melhor Idade). This year, the competition takes place in the city of Casa Branca, between 20 and 24 April, with the participation of 33 cities in the region of Campinas.

The delegation of Jaguariúna has 80…

Started: 2022
Location: Jaguariuna, Brazil
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Health

Bordado y Macramé

La clase de Bordado y Macramé es una práctica amigable que imparte el DIF Municipal a través del departamento de Adulto Mayor, con el objetivo de promover el bienestar mental y económico.

Miriam Aguiar la encargada de impartir clases desde el 2016 en los Clubes de Adulto Mayor y el Centro Integral para la Plenitud del…

Started: 2016
Location: rubi.briceno@merida.gob.mx, Mexico
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Education, Health, Information and communication, Long-term care

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