Global Database of Age-friendly Practices

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Dementia Friendly Church Services

Dementia Friendly Church Services have been running on the Isle of Wight since 2014. Initially Age Friendly Island worked together with St. John the Baptist Church in Ryde to look at the best way to make church services more accessible to people living with dementia and to support the needs of older people.

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Started: 2014
Location: Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Information and communication, Other

Age Friendly University Global Network

The AFU Global Network led by Dublin City University (DCU) is committed to working to promote and support an inclusive approach to healthy and active aging. Since commencing in 2012 DCU developed Ten Principles of an Age-Friendly University which set out a framework for institutions of higher education to embrace age-friendly practices. In DCU we…

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Started: 2012
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Education, Health, Housing, Information and communication, Labor, Long-term care, Social protection, Transportation

“Viens je t’emmène, la semaine des sorties entre générations “

Evaluated

Du 12 au 25 novembre 2018, la Ville de Rennes s’est mobilisée pour la 4 ème   édition de l’évènement «Viens je t’emmène, la semaine des sorties entre générations». Pendant deux semaines plus de 50 propositions de sorties sont proposées: discussion, marche, danse, chant… afin de favoriser le lien social et l’échange entre générations.

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Started: 2018
Location: Rennes, France
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Social protection

Le mobilier urbain au banc d’essai

Evaluated

Dans le cadre de son plan d’actions « Rennes, ville amie des aînés », la direction des Personnes âgées (DPAg) a décidé de proposer le 29 mai 2015 à des personnes âgées et/ou en situation de handicap de tester plusieurs de ces mobiliers afin d’intégrer des préconisations pour le choix des futurs bancs et chaises…

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Started: 2015
Location: Rennes
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

The ‘Lane Cove Connection’

The Lane Cove Connection is a monthly newsletter developed and published by Council each month focussing on people over 55. It contains items and articles of interest to the reader, for example articles on Men’s Health Week, Mental Health Month, and information on health, technology and other services that are locally available. There is a…

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Started: 2009
Location: Lane Cove, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Information and communication

Salon, conférences et ateliers pour bien vieillir chez soi

Evaluated

La Ville de Metz organise depuis octobre 2015, tous les deux ans, un salon dédié à l’habitat des seniors à l’Hôtel de Ville.
Des conseils pour bien vivre chez soi sont proposés en présence de nombreux professionnels dans le cadre de stands et conférences.
L’échange direct avec les acteurs de l’habitat du territoire permet une…

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Started: 2015
Location: Metz, France
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Housing, Information and communication

Vivre aux vignes : une formule pour bien-vieillir chez soi

Le dispositif « Vivre aux vignes » s’inscrit dans la continuité des domiciles collectifs (DOCOS), apparus à Grenoble au début des années 1980. Il s’agit d’un dispositif innovant qui vise à proposer une alternative entre le domicile (chez-soi isolé) et la maison de retraite médicalisée (EHPAD), accessible à des aînés aux ressources modestes. L’une des…

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Started: 1980
Location: Ville de Grenoble, France
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health, Housing

Elder Services and Engagement

Evaluated

A Little Help (ALH) empowers older people through direct volunteer services including transportation, yard/home chores, technology/handy help, and caregiver respite, and through social/educational events such as picnics, interest groups, and intergenerational programming. In coordination with community partners, ALH creates opportunities for older adults to engage in meaningful community with neighbors of all ages and backgrounds…

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Started: 2007
Location: A Little Help, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication, Social protection, Transportation

La résidence “La Note Bleue”

La résidence la Note Bleue a pour objectif de permettre de vivre le plus longtemps possible à domicile grâce à des logements adaptés. Nous avons choisi un lieu d’implantation en plein coeur du centre-bourg pour un accès privilégié aux services et aux commerces. En 2010, le département du Rhône a encouragé la création d’une charte…

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Started: 2011
Location: Limonest, France
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Housing

NeighborLink Indianapolis Low-Income Senior Home Repairs

Evaluated

The mission of NeighborLink Indianapolis is to offer an improved quality of life to very low-income senior homeowners and homeowners with disabilities in Indianapolis, Indiana by providing free home repairs and modifications necessary to allow older people to remain in their own homes safely and with dignity. Many of these homeowners are living in unsafe,…

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Started: 2013
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing

Recreation Centres Network

Evaluated

The Municipality of Póvoa de Lanhoso currently has a network of nine recreation centres which serve 175 people that work in partnership with the Parish Councils. The last one opened in 2nd of june 2018. Strategically, the municipality aims to expand this partnership to every parish council in Póvoa de Lanhoso. There are 22 parish…

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Started: 2010
Location: Póvoa de Lanhoso/Portugal, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health, Information and communication, Social protection, Transportation

Building A Seniors’ Campus – Age-Friendly Housing Practice

Evaluated

County of Simcoe’s vision was to build a state-of-the-art, “60+” adult lifestyle community compatible with an “aging at home” philosophy to meet the increasing need for varied older adult housing options. Georgian Village is a campus that features an entire continuum of housing alternatives to support varied socio-economic needs offering many levels of care ‘under…

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Started: 2013
Location: Simcoe County Age-Friendly Community, Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Education, Health, Housing, Information and communication, Labor, Long-term care, Social protection, Transportation

Porto Amigo program

Evaluated

Porto Amigo is a program that carries out reconstruction, repair, and improvements to the homes of people in a vulnerable economic situation to enhance mobility and health. These construction works are carried out by both national and international university students, that are volunteers in the Just a Change Association (partner of the project) and, if…

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Started: 2009
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Housing, Social protection

Les logements bleus adaptés combinés avec une veille sociale

Evaluated

La ville de Nantes, des bailleurs sociaux et ADOMA proposent au public âgé de plus de 65 ans ayant des revenus modestes et vivant ou souhaitant vivre en habitat social ou en résidence sociale, une offre de logements adaptés au vieillissement répartis sur l’ensemble des quartiers nantais, à proximité des services et des transports.

A cette…

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Started: 2008
Location: Nantes, France
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing, Information and communication, Social protection

Shared Affordable Housing

Evaluated

Since 1984, HomeSharing’s mission has been to match “Providers” – residents who need to share their homes or apartments in order to maintain them, with “Seekers” – individuals searching for affordable housing in the community. We are the only agency in New Jersey using the shared housing model to serve the working poor whose incomes…

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Started: 1984
Location: Central and Northern New Jersey communities, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing, Social protection

Journée d’information à destination des seniors

Evaluated

Le 14 mars 2016, une journée d’information à destination des seniors sur les thématiques du bien-être et de la sécurité intitulée “Senior info” a été mise en place via un partenariat avec la commune de Sambreville. Cette initiative a réuni différents intervenants de terrain, actifs tant au niveau local que provincial. Les différentes thématiques abordées…

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Started: 2016
Location: Namur, Belgium
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication, Long-term care, Social protection

Advancing Age-Friendly Housing Policies

As an aging city with a very limited stock of age-friendly housing, Portland’s Age-Friendly Advisory Council recognized the need for policies to better support the development of age-friendly housing. Our age-friendly practice consists of the development of an equitable housing goal and 10 age-friendly housing-related policies, as articulated in Portland’s 2035 Comprehensive Plan, which took…

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Started: 2016
Location: Portland, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing, Transportation, Urban development

Logement intergénérationnel

La ville de Sceaux accueille chaque année un nombre important d’étudiants inscrits dans l’un des établissements supérieurs de la ville. D’un autre coté, de nombreux retraités et personnes âgées scéens vivent isolées dans de grands appartements ou dans leur maison.
Afin de répondre au manque de logements étudiants et à la solitude des aînés, la…

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Started: 2013
Location: Sceaux, France
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Housing, Long-term care

Life-Long Homes Coalition

Evaluated

Most people hope to age in the same homes and communities where they have lived the rest of their lives. However, suburban communities of single family homes often leave residents living isolated lives in environments hazardous to their changing bodies. In Montgomery County, Maryland, a County employee developed an innovative collaboration, the Life-Long Homes Collaboration,…

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Started: 2016
Location: Montgomery County, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication, Other, Social protection

Berkshire County Residential Aging In Place Workbook & Video

In early 2015, the Age Friendly Berkshires county survey was conducted and almost 2,500 responses were received from adults age 50 and over who described their experiences living in Berkshire County. Overwhelmingly, respondents indicated that they wanted to remain living in their own homes for as long as possible, or if that was not possible…

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Started: 2016
Location: Age Friendly Berkshires, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing