The most important measures taken in this regard are as follow:

• Adopting policies relating to the age-friendly city, such as prioritizing multigenerational interactions and activities;
• Prioritizing the development of urban areas according to the needs of the ageing population;
• Increasing the interaction between nursing homes and NGOs.

To become an age-friendly city, Isfahan has implemented several projects based on the guidelines of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), including the formulation of a strategic document and action plan to achieve an age-friendly environment;

• Signing a joint memorandum of understanding between Isfahan municipality, the National Council of the Older Persons and UNFPA’s representative in Iran;
• Hosting a conference on ageing indicators to understand more about Healthy Ageing and have the knowledge and skills to improve the lives of older people;
• Publishing a social health products collection on ageing and lifestyle, nutrition and ageing, etc.;
• providing an information platform for sharing of information and experience;
• Trying to develop and ensure access to services that provide older-person-centered and integrated care;
• Building and maintaining a sustainable and appropriately trained workforce;
• Challenging and changing the way that policymakers, researchers, and people themselves think, feel and act towards age and ageing;
• Holding a specialized conference on ageing titled “New Chapter of Life”;
• Providing guidance, support, and training to the local communities; and
• Participation in the 5-day CDD workshop in Tehran, in which two professors of the Help Age Institute that is in cooperation with the United Nations, attended.