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CityBench Program

Evaluated

The CityBench Program was created to increase the amount of public seating on New York City Streets. The 1500 benches are being installed around the City, particularly at bus stops, retail corridors, and areas with high concentrations of seniors. The installation process of the benches will be complete in 2015 and has already made streets…

Started: 2007
Location: New York City, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

The Halton HomeShare Program

The Burlington Age-Friendly Seniors Council’s Housing Committee developed The Halton HomeShare Toolkit for the purpose of providing a self-resource to individuals who are interested in learning more about HomeShare or considering this model as a housing alternative. HomeShare is a living arrangement generally between two people who reside together in the same residence. While each…

Started: 2015
Location: Burlington, Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Housing

Facilities Audit

Evaluated

One very tangible way a community can evaluate its age-friendliness is by conducting a facility audit: an evaluation tool that rates a space on ease of access, use and comfort for residents of all ages. Government facilities are a natural place to start. They function as places for people to gather inside…

Started: 2015
Location: Saint Louis, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Urban development

Age-Friendly Outdoor Trails

Evaluated

“Let’s Take a Walk” is promoting the health benefits of walking and increasing opportunities for older adults to participate in outdoor recreational walking along trail systems in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Eighteen outdoor trails spanning the greater City of Hamilton were selected for inclusion in this project. An Age-friendly trails assessment process adopted two existing audit…

Started: 2013
Location: Hamilton, Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

Cleveland Care Calls

The Cleveland Care Calls program uses an automated phone call system to provide both a daily phone call to socially isolated older adults in the City of Cleveland and emergency alerts to a wider group of older adults in the city. The program aims to provide socially isolated older adults a daily wellness check and…

Started: 2003
Location: Cleveland, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health

Older People’s website for information and advice

All our research shows that older people need good quality information and advice to enable them to manage their lives and access support when they need it. In Newcastle upon Tyne we responded to this need by developing a comprehensive information website developed with and for older people – www.informationnow.org.uk. The website includes advice and…

Started: 2011
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication

Age-friendly Belfast Older Volunteer Awards

The Age-friendly Belfast Older Volunteer Awards, supported by Volunteer Now, are an opportunity for Belfast-based community and voluntary groups and organisations to recognize their volunteers who are aged 60 years and over.The awards celebrate the considerable contribution and positive impacts that older volunteers make to the work of a wide variety of Belfast organisations and…

Started: 2010
Location: Belfast, United Kingdom
Sectors: Labor

Age Friendly Parks Checklist

In response the community priority of improving the age-friendliness of London parks, the Age Friendly London Network – Outdoor Spaces & Buildings working group partnered with students at Western University to develop an Age Friendly Parks Checklist. The purpose of the checklist is to provide a standardized measurement of the amenities and conditions of London…

Started: 2013
Location: London, Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

Dementia Friendly Cinema

Through its engagement with older people with dementia and their carers, the Elders Council identified a gap in the opportunity for people with dementia to participate in everyday social activities. The Elders Council heard about a cinema in another part of the UK that had developed a programme of film screenings for people with dementia,…

Started: 2011
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships

Seniors’ Satellites

Evaluated

The City of London continually strives to identify opportunities for improvement at our seniors’ centres, aiming to enhance the experience for the members as well as the broader community. As part of our strategic plan that was developed for the seniors’ centres and endorsed by City of London Council, our seniors’ centres have moved to…

Started: 2012
Location: London, Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile

Recognizing Volunteering Seniors

Oslo is proud of and places great importance on our volunteers, in particular senior volunteers. In order to increase awareness of the efforts of the city`s volunteers, a conference for volunteering seniors was organised in April 2015. The conference for Volunteering Seniors had three main goals: (1) Recognition of the contributions of senior citizens through…

Started: 2015
Location: Oslo, Norway
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health

“A Kinder World”

Evaluated

“A Kinder World” aims at strengthening the connection between generations by means of engaging older people in creative and charitable activities targeted towards orphaned children of pre-school and school age. The project is divided into 4 parts, each with its own activities of focus, “Gifted with creativity”, “Charity”, “Mentorship”, and “Precious moments.” It is an…

Started: 2012
Location: Volgograd, Russian Federation
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions

Tool Table: Devices to make everyday life a little easier

Bowdoinham’s age-friendly action plan includes the goal of increasing the availability of information about simple changes and appliances in the home and car that can make everyday life easier. The latest initiative of the Bowdoinham Advisory Committee on Aging’s (ACOA) Safety and Accessibility committee is a “”tool table”” of devices that can make everyday life…

Started: 2012
Location: Bowdoinham, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing

An information office for elderly people called Kotitori

Evaluated

An information office for elderly people called Kotitori (Market Place) gathers services from both public and private sources to a one-stop shop. This multiple-provider model provides services for home care and also supports independent living at home. The one-stop shop means information being available via multiple channels: a physical location at the city hall open…

Started: 2009
Location: Tampere, Finland
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health

Dancing in Time

Evaluated

This is a yearlong programme to deliver three ten-week dance projects for groups of older people who have little access to dance in three different areas of Leeds. The programme was developed following some research into enablers and barriers for older adults to engage in dance. The sessions take place twice a week and are…

Started: 2015
Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile

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