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World Masters Athletics Championships in Gothenburg 2024

In August 2024, thousands of active individuals aged 35-104 from all over the world gathered in Gothenburg for the World Masters Athletics Championships – a community celebration that honored aging, health, community, and athletics. Most of the competitors are not athletes from their youth, but starter at an older age. The competitors highlighted the importance…

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Started: 2024
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Education, Health, Other

Current status report 2024

The report Senior citizens’ needs, experiences and suggestions for an agefriendly Gothenburg, current status report 2024 presents results from a survey in which 817 senior citizens from all over Gothenburg participated. The results are intended to be used as a basis for the continued work of developing Gothenburg as an age-friendly city.

The answers show…

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Started: 2024
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication, Labor, Long-term care, Other, Transportation, Urban development

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…

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

Current research, lecture series

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As a means to spread awarness and knowledge of Age-friendly Gothenburg’s dialogue process and base assessment a lecture series was held together with the university of Gothenburg during 2019.

It was also a way to collaborate with the research and help them to popularize their research and reach out to older persons. The lectures were held…

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Started: 2019
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Housing, Information and communication, Transportation, Urban development

Magazine with services

Now there is a new magazine that tells about good examples of Age-friendly Gothenburg.

In the magazine you can read about the community in housing for 70+, how generational meetings challenge norms and create understanding between generations and how fun it can be to ride a bicycle in…

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Started: 2019
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication, Transportation, Urban development

Walker Rally in central park in Gothenburg

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In 2018, public officials in the City of Gothenburg visited the Walker Rally event in Oslo. The study visit gave a lot of inspiration in how the City of Gothenburg can implement a walker rally.

The process started in the autumn 2018 to anchor the idea with different sectors in the city. A project group started…

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Started: 2019
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health, Long-term care, Urban development

Gothenburg recruits senior future developers

The City of Gothenburg has recruited 30 “Future developers”. There was a great interest in the assignment among the 170 applicants. The future developers will help the City of Gothenburg make Gothenburg more age-friendly; including evaluating locations, arranging activities and making customer trips to evaluate services. 
 
What is a Future developer?  
 
During the…

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Started: 2019
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Housing, Information and communication, Transportation, Urban development

New service: Better sleep with digital home care

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For senior citizens with home care services who sleeps restlessly, are easily awakened or don’t wish to have personal visits, supervision through a webcam may be an alternative. It can also be a complement to traditional supervision (personal visit). The new service, which is performed by one of the City of Gothenburg’s own home care…

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Started: 2017
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Long-term care

Life Filming – a win-win method

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How can we introduce modern technology to seniors and at the same time share their experiences, needs, memories and knowledge? The Life Filming method focuses on content and form, using images as a point of departure. This lifts participants over the barriers of technology.

We live in a visual culture, surrounded by images and films. Equally…

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Started: 2017
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication

Tell more (Swedish: Berätta mera)

We all carry a story. We have different backgrounds but we share a common likeness in life itself.

“Tell more” is a series of live meetings and stories that turn strangers into friends. The narrator share his or her life experiences.

The City of Gothenburg’s development centre Senior Gothenburg started the series in co-operation with authorities…

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Started: 2017
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication

Age in Place – Interaction for Good Living

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It is about enabling older people in Gothenburg to go on living comfortably in their own homes, with the municipality and several housing firms investing in increased community involvement, better access and more welfare technology. Smart socio-economic investments.The purpose: Based on the idea of good economics the city make strategic investments in availability, technology and…

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Started: 2011
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health, Housing, Urban development

Gothenburg

Gothenburg
Sweden

After attending the Quebec conference in 2013, the City of Gothenburg is convinced that the network will give us valuable support in developing a city for all ages. The political…

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City population: 60482920 % over 60Joined Network in 2015