Since the passing of the resolution, Olds Age Friendly Committee volunteers have accomplished the following:
• Developed a Terms of Reference (which was reviewed and revised in August of 2018).
• Created a survey which had 210 participants and compiled results from that initial survey.
• Reported back to the community through seven newspaper articles on the seven elements of the survey in 2017.
• Held focus groups with community agencies and other stakeholders.
• Held a “Recognizing Senior Abuse” workshop.
• Reported the results of the survey to Town Council on February 20th, 2018.
• Reported the results of the survey to the Olds Institute for Community and Regional Development on February 20th, 2018.
• Redacted the comments from the community survey at the request of the Olds Institute.
• Organized and held a Canadian Mental Health First Aid for Seniors workshop on October 25th and 26th, 2018.
• Met with the Town of Olds to discuss the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) definition for affordable housing, resulting in the definition of “affordable housing” being put into the Municipal Development Plan.
• Met with housing developers during an open house for the Municipal Development Plan and provided input from information harvested from the survey.
• Organized the Transportation Focus Group.
• Organized, in conjunction with the Town, a wheelchair challenge held on September 12th, 2018. As a result of our wheelchair challenge, the buttons on crosswalks were lowered so they could easily be reached by persons in wheelchairs and many of the crossings have flashing lights.
• We surveyed 82 citizens regarding housing at the Community Showcase in September 2018.
• A member of the committee was invited by Alberta Health to be part of the Alberta Age-Friendly Community of Practice.
• Surveyed 103 citizens on transportation at the Community Showcase in September 2019.
• Hosted a focus group on Social Participation Respect, Social Inclusion, Communication and Information on November 25th, 2019. The Focus group was attended by community stakeholders, members of Town Council and the Mayor.
• A member of the committee is active on CORE Alberta which is a knowledge hub for community-based seniors serving (CBSS) organization staff, volunteers, and allied professionals engaged in efforts
to support and promote healthy aging.

Members of the Olds Age Friendly Committee have:
• Participated in webinars put on by the International Federation on Aging.
• Participated in a Town Hall Teleconference with Dr. Deena Hinshaw and the Honorable Josephine Pon, Alberta’s Minister of Seniors and Housing.
• Written articles and submitted weekly newspaper articles for seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Developed and submitted a submission to the Affordable Housing Review Panel in August 2020.
• Discussed the Affordable Housing submission with M.L.A. Nathan Cooper in September 2020.
• Met with the Chair of the Affordable Housing Review Panel M.L.A. Mickey Cooper.
• Attended four Grey Matters Conferences from 2015 to 2018.
• Regularly attended Interagency meetings.

The purpose of this report is to provide information to the Olds Community on successful areas of age friendliness and offer insights into areas that can be improved. The responses analyzed for this report are from the survey completed in 2018 and multiple focus groups held in the community since
then. It is recognized that surveys cannot capture every opinion, however, the hope is the report provides a well-rounded view that the community of Olds can use to become a designated age-friendly community.

Next steps:
1. Community consultations on the recommendations and report.
2. The results from the community consultations will be used to develop an action plan with a cost benefit analysis of the recommendations.
3. The volunteers for the Age Friendly Initiative will present the Action Plan to the Board of the Olds Institute and the Town of Olds.
4. Age Friendly Committee will apply to Alberta Health Services to have Olds recognized as an Age Friendly Community.