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Journée de la mobilité senior

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Dans le cadre de ses actions de prévention en faveur d’un vieillissement actif, la ville de Dijon souhaite promouvoir des actions collectives en faveur du mouvement, de l’activité physique et des déplacements apaisés avec des moyens adaptés à l’avancée en âge.
Pour ce faire, une “journée sur la mobilité” est organisée et proposée aux seniors…

Started: 2017
Location: Dijon, France
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health, Transportation

Starred: Educational Model to Improve Dementia Knowledge

Starred is an educational model that caters to special accommodations, day care centers, home care and assistance unit units. The purpose is to provide staff with dementia knowledge and tools to be able to develop a person-centered approach in their workplace.

Four reflection sessions: The educational model comprises of four teaching sessions with reflection meetings. Before…

Started: 2020
Location: Hallstahammars municipality, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Education, Health, Long-term care

Reimaging Home

Under the Housing Domain, our Reimaging Home committee has been working diligently since 2017 to identify and define a variety of housing options that could exist to support older adults within the community. Understanding that most people believe they start in their home and end up in a long term care facility, when in fact,…

Started: 2017
Location: Lexington, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing

Engaging older adults during a pandemic

There are 200 thousand older adults in Krakow (26% of the whole city population). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions and emergency measures such as sheltering in place have left many older adults feeling lonely, isolated and disconnected with the World. In Krakow there are many centres dedicated to serving older adults within the city…

Started: 2020
Location: Krakow, Poland
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Education, Health, Other

Salute +

Trentino Salute + is a free app where a virtual coach interacts with the user by proposing a series of “health challenges”, encouraging individuals to become involved and active in their daily lives.

Started: 2018
Location: Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Health

Les c@fés connectés

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Afin de lutter contre la fracture numérique et l’isolement des personnes de 65 ans et plus, le CCAS de Morteau organise, en lien avec l’Union Départementale des CCAS du Doubs, des actions collectives ludiques et conviviales appelées les « C@fés connectés ». L’action les « C@fés connectés » est un concept qui se décline en…

Started: 2019
Location: Morteau, France
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Information and communication, Other

Rencontres intergénérationnelles “Espace d’une vie”

L’objectif de cette action est de mettre en lumière des personnes âgées de la commune, en favorisant leur expression sur un thème lié à leur vie (par exemple vie quotidienne d’autrefois…) et les échanges intergénérationnels avec les enfants de la commune.

Started: 2016
Location: nouvel essor, France
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Education, Information and communication

Get Active Outdoors

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An outdoor exercise program was facilitated in 2016 by Kiama Municipal Council in partnership with the Health Promotion Service from the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District. The project included 9 one-hour sessions facilitated by a trained exercise professional to demonstrate safe and beneficial ways to use the Werri Beach Outdoor exercise equipment, followed by a…

Started: 2016
Location: Kiama
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Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health, Information and communication

Health Moves

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Health Moves provides a fun, friendly and supportive environment for people with chronic conditions such as diabetes, heart problems, high cholesterol, blood pressure or osteoarthritis, to get their health back on track.

The exercise classes led by Leisure Centre staff are designed for all ages, and the exercises are also tailored for each person’s health and…

Started: 2019
Location: Kiama, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health

Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization Senior Living Facilities Road Audit

Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization Senior Living Facilities Road Audit

The objective of this study MDC TPO Senior Living Facilities Road Audits is to evaluate traffic safety conditions and recommend improvements around senior living facilities that have been identified as priority locations to minimize the potential for future crash occurrences and severity by recommending improvements.

Started: 2019
Location: MiamiDade, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Transportation, Urban development

Impronte

“Impronte” (“Footprints” in English) is aimed to promote active and healthy ageing through the use of geocaching maps and pedometers for monitoring average steps taken.

The initiative is intended to enhance the physical, mental and social potential of older people. Furthermore, geocaching allows to share and strengthen the interest in the historical and artistic heritage of…

Started: 2017
Location: Autonomous Province of Trento, Italy
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health

Road User Safety Plan

Miami-Dade Aging Road User Strategic Safety Plan

In 2017, the Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization developed the Miami-Dade Aging Road User Strategic Safety Plan. The goal of the plan is: To improve the safety and mobility of the County’s aging road users by reducing their fatalities, serious injuries, and crashes, while maintaining their mobility and independence.

Started: 2017
Location: MiamiDade, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Transportation, Urban development

Meeting House of Hürxthal

Establishing the Meeting House of Hürxthal

The administration has acquired a building in the city center and converted it into a center for citizens. This house is an open and multi-generational meeting and counseling center with a Citizen-Café. In a common room, groups and clubs can meet to exchange ideas or pursue their activities together.

The building…

Started: 2016
Location: Radevormwald, Germany
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication, Social protection, Urban development

The Light of Education

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The Sharjah Education Council has accorded the Light of Education centers great importance for the third year in a row with the aim of eliminating illiteracy in older emirate women. In addition to providing an information package on health education, older women receive instruction in reading, writing, and memorization of some Quranic Surahs.

This initiative regarding…

Started: 2020
Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Education

Age-Friendly Cleveland Segment on TV 20

In order to better inform older adults in Cleveland about the network of agencies providing services to older adults, the City of Cleveland launched an Age-Friendly Cleveland segment on the city-sponsored cable television channel, TV 20.

Operating 24 hours a day, TV 20 has an audience of 85,000+ households – and continues to grow. Programming is…

Started: 2018
Location: Cleveland, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication

Intergenerational Choir of Ages Ceol le Cheile

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Donegal Age Friendly Programme has developed a number of intergenerational initiatives over the past two years where young people and older people have been brought together to collaborate on a common interest led by a facilitator with expertise in the area of said common interest. The aim is to promote social inclusion and develop stronger…

Started: 2018
Location: County Donegal
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Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Education, Health, Transportation

Combating Ageism in the Workplace and Elsewhere

We conducted an assessment of age discrimination in the workplace and found that half of all workers who responded to our survey experienced some form of age discrimination. Women were more likely to be victimized by age discrimination.

As a result of this survey, we are conducting workshops and developing webinars to combat age discrimination in…

Started: 2020
Location: West Chester, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Labor

Trial Exercises Towards Employment for Older Adults

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In Takarazuka City, we have held the “Round Table Discussion for Cooperative Community Building in Takarazuka City” since 2018 with volunteers in order to study and implement and promote Takarazuka City as an Age-Friendly City.

In the round table discussion, it was decided that “Trial Exercises Towards Employment for Health and Purposeful Living” would be implemented.…

Started: 2019
Location: Takarazuka, Japan
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Labor

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