Poznań VIVA SENIOR

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The “Poznań Viva Senior” project is a Poznań city initiative implemented to improve Poznań citizens `s quality of life. These innovative services unique in Poland, are based on the real seniors needs, responding to theirs expectation.

The project is characterized by a comprehensive approach considering different needs of often single, dependant seniors.

The services were prepared with…

Started: 2017
Location: City of Poznan
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Other, Social protection

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…

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…

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

Elderly Council

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The Elderly Council has founded in 2019 by Muratpaşa Municipality, Turkey. The council intends to shape a platform from where elder people, who aged over 60, have a voice for and in city. The main aim of the Elderly Council is making friendly environment from an elderly perspective, taking into account their perceptions and views.…

Started: 2019
Location: Antalya Muratpasa
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Information and communication, 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…

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

Age-friendly Legacy Quilt

The purpose of our project, the Legacy Quilt, was to engage seniors and youth to have them create, together, a tangible piece of art that would remind, educate and ask onlookers of all ages to reflect on Summerside’s Age-friendly movement and the 8 domains of the World Health Organization’s Age-friendly Initiative. To make this an…

Started: 2018
Location: Summerside
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication, Social protection, Transportation

DES MARCHES EXPLORATOIRES AVEC LES AÎNÉS POUR DES DIAGNOSTICS DE PROXIMITÉ

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LA MARCHE EXPLORATOIRE Concrètement, la réalisation de la marche se traduit par une déambulation par petits groupes (un agent de la Ville pour quatre aînés) afin de prendre en note et en photo l’ensemble des remarques émises par les participants. Les échanges portent sur les cheminements, la signalétique, l’éclairage public, la présence et l’implantation de…

Started: 2018
Location: Rennes, France
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: 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…

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

Visible House Numbering

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The Georgetown Age-Friendly Community team partnered with the Georgetown Volunteer Fire Department to improve the numbering of houses throughout town. Georgetown is a rural community with very little town lighting. Easy identification of house numbering is matter of safety for the fire and ambulance crews, especially at night. The program provides five-inch reflective numbers mounted…

Started: 2019
Location: Georgetown
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Information and communication, Social protection

Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods Membership

In February 2020, Bristol launched their local Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods Network, which replicates the global network on a local scale. Similarly to the WHO network, this initiative offer community groups and organisations the chance to be recognised for their efforts towards becoming age-friendly and to share resources, action plans and practices with other members. As candidates…

Started: 2020
Location: Bristol, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Health

Age-Friendly Westerville Timeline

Phase One: Complete

Obtained Written Pledge/Resolution from City Council
Completed Membership Application
Submitted Written Pledge & Application to AARP
Organized Staff Task Force
Obtained acceptance into the WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities

Phase Two: Complete

Conducted Public Meeting #1 with Stakeholders
Developed AARP Livable Communities Survey
Joined the Commission of Age-Friendly Communities of Ohio (2019)

Phase Three: In Progress – May 2019…

Started: 2018
Location: Westerville
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Education, Health, Housing, Information and communication, Labor, Long-term care, Social protection, Transportation

Self Portraits: Faces of Aging

In recognition of Older Americans Month, 2019, we launched Self Portraits: Faces of Aging.Thanks to funding from the Partners for Health Foundation and partnership support from the Montclair Art Museum, this initiative highlights self-portraits of older Montclair-area residents along with their reflections on what aging means to them.The goal of this…

Started: 2020
Location: Montclair
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Other

Dublin City’s Guide to Age Friendly communication

One of the main objectives of Dublin City Council’s Age Friendly Programme is to make Dublin city a great place in which to grow old. To achieve this goal, the city council in collaboration with the Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (National Disability Authority) and the Alzheimer Society of Ireland have created this guide.

We…

Started: 2019
Location: Dublin City Age Friendly
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Information and communication

The Importance of Age Friendly Communication

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The Clare Age Friendly Alliance Board has been in existence since July 2011. Since then the main aim is to make Clare a better place in which to grow old through the delivery of the Clare Age Friendly Strategy. Access to information and services was one of the key issues raised by older people in…

Started: 2019
Location: County Clare
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Information and communication

Age Friendly Business Certification Program

The Age-Friendly Business Certification Program is a program of the Age-Friendly Cleveland Initiative, jointly created by the Cleveland Department of Aging and the Better Business Bureau Serving Greater Cleveland. In feedback received during the Age-Friendly Cleveland Planning Process, older adults stated the need for accessible businesses. Over one-quarter of outreach questionnaire respondents identified long lines…

Started: 2019
Location: Cleveland, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Labor

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This simple toolkit consists of a Self Assessment Checklist and instructions as a simple way to audit establishments to help them identify simple changes to make their premises more Age Friendly.

Establishments that complete the checklist are offered an Age Friendly Illawarra chair as a visible symbol of their commitment.

Age Friendly Retail checklist instructions

Age…

Started: 2017
Location: Illawarra Shoalhaven Region, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

BAILE DA TERCEIRA IDADE – 11/02/2020 – EDIÇÃO DE CARNAVAL

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Os idosos de Jaguariúna poderão se divertir e dançar muito na primeira edição do ano do tradicional “Baile da Terceira Idade”. Dessa vez, o evento realizado pela Secretaria de Assistência Social da Prefeitura Municipal de Jaguariúna/SP, será em clima de Carnaval e acontecerá na terça-feira, 11 de fevereiro, no salão multimodal “Sylvio Venturini”, a partir…

Started: 2020
Location: Jaguariuna
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Social protection

Un référent fragilité pour agir en prévention

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La Ville de Saint-Etienne en collaboration avec les acteurs gérontologiques de son territoire a souhaité développer une politique ambitieuse de prévention graduée du vieillissement en créant un poste de “Référent fragilité”.
L’objectif est de pouvoir anticiper des situations de fragilité rencontrées par les personnes âgées et les aidants familiaux en privilégiant une approche multifactorielle, prenant…

Started: 2015
Location: Saint-Etienne, France
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Information and communication, Social protection

City of Summerside’s Age-friendly Business project

Our project included strategies we shared with seniors about what makes businesses age-friendly. In turn, Seniors mentored other seniors and business owners on the same, with the intent for businesses to become age-friendly.

Working with a social worker from Home Instead, we trained 20 senior ambassador mentors. Our goal was to reach 20 businesses in Summerside…

Started: 2016
Location: Summerside
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Information and communication

Age-friendly Cities Committee Intergenerational Project

This project was inspired by seniors who took part in our focus group in Year 2. In the report “An Assessment of Summerside’s Age-friendliness” seniors concluded that social inclusion and social participation were gaps in the City. Our project was designed to cultivate and promote an interest in relationship building across and within generations, while…

Started: 2017
Location: Summerside
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Education, Health, Information and communication

Lkaleak

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LKaleak, es un proyecto del Plan de Ciudad Donostia Lagunkoia que consiste en desarrollar un proceso de co-creación en el que personas mayores, junto con otras personas y agentes de la comunidad imaginan, diseñan y activan redes de colaboración que promueven un entorno amigable que provea atención a las personas mayores cuando necesitan apoyo y…

Started: 2020
Location: San Sebastian
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Social protection

Radio information tablets with topics of interest to the elderly

Tabletas de información radiofónica con temas de interés para las personas mayores.
Elaborar un catálogo de Píldoras Informativas sobre recursos para la tercera edad (baños públicos, descuentos en impuestos municipales, actividades de centros cívicos, carnet de transporte urbano, accesibilidad a espectáculos), rompiendo viejos estereotipos para comunicarse a través de la Radio municipal.

Las pastillas informativas…

Started: 2020
Location: Igualada
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Urban development

Let’s Get Moving Project

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Research data indicates that while older adults value the importance of physical activity, they have the lowest exercise rates of all Canadians. Physical activity plays an important role in improving well-being and preventing illness and dependence.

Let’s Get Moving responds to the Age-Friendly Hamilton Plan recommendations, as well as current research findings to enhance social participation…

Started: 2017
Location: Hamilton, Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Social protection

Daily centres of activities for older people in Ljubljana (DACs)

Due to the increasingly ageing population of Ljubljana and due to the lengthening life expectancy as well as the older people staying healthy and active for longer, we started methodologically following the idea of keeping older people at home and in their local environments for longer by offering services for the older…

Started: 2005
Location: Ljubljana
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Social protection

Municipal flats for senior citizens in the centre of Ostrów Wielkopolski

The authorities of Ostrów Wielkopolski, in response to the ever-growing number of seniors and the lack of a municipal flats addressed to people over 60, decided to create a new offer: municipal flats dedicated to seniors. Apartments were created in response to the problems that seniors face in everyday life. The city authorities have noticed…

Started: 2019
Location: OstrowWielkopolski, Poland
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing

Age-Friendly World

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Current research, lecture series

Magazine with services

Walker Rally in central park in Gothenburg

DES MARCHES EXPLORATOIRES AVEC LES AÎNÉS POUR DES DIAGNOSTICS DE PROXIMITÉ

Gothenburg recruits senior future developers

Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods Membership

Self Portraits: Faces of Aging

Dublin City’s Guide to Age Friendly communication

The Importance of Age Friendly Communication

Age Friendly Business Certification Program

City of Summerside’s Age-friendly Business project

Age-friendly Cities Committee Intergenerational Project

Radio information tablets with topics of interest to the elderly

Municipal flats for senior citizens in the centre of Ostrów Wielkopolski