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Shopping Service; called “Tochikubo Shopping Club” for aged people in Tochikubo area, Hadano city

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The Tochikubo area in Hadano city has as high as 52.8% of elderly population over 65 years old and also has many single households as well as aged households.
It was difficult for residents to go grocery shopping over the hills because there is no shop nearby and no public bus service available.
In order…

Started: 2018
Location: Hadano City
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Transportation

Acessibilidade nos Transportes

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This program is the responsibility of the Porto Collective Transport Society (STCP), a municipal company that values a policy of integration and massification of public transport for people with reduced mobility. The company reached the goal of having an accessible network composed of 100% of vehicles with lowered floors and 66% with ramps.
STCP’s policy…

Started: 2007
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Other

No Porto a Vida é Longa

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It`s a municipal program that encourages those over 60, city residents, to regularly practice sports, through a single annual symbolic payment.
This program operates throughout the year, except in August. The program’s available modalities are: gymnastics, cardio fitness, cycling, water activities, pilates, tai chi, yoga, boccia, latin dances and zumba.
The activities are prepared and…

Started: 1998
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health

Rua Direita

Rua Direita is an ambitious municipal program for the deep rehabilitation of the city’s fine network of public spaces, which have not received any intervention for decades.

The program aims to restore circulation and enjoyment conditions to public spaces in areas that have long been forgotten.

Geographically comprehensive, the Rua Direita program is located throughout the city’s…

Started: 2018
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

Jornadas CAPI – Cidade Amiga das Pessoas Idosas

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On September 19, 2019, the Municipality of Porto promoted the I Seminar – Porto, Age-Friendly City, where the various projects that contribute to a better quality of life, to the happiness and sense of belonging of senior people, were made public.
This seminar meant to inform and involve the city in the projects that have…

Started: 2019
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Information and communication

Contas à Vida

Considering that the current socioeconomic context, in which financial products and services are increasingly electronic, this reality demands that financial education for the senior public assumes a preponderant role for their protection, since, the more informed they are, the more better decisions they will be able to make.

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Started: 2019
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication, Labor

Quem Sou Eu?

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This project’s goal is to tell the stories of these people’s lives, by means of Artwork Expressions, which culminates in public presentations to the community. A pilot experiment took place in 2018 in a vulnerable territory of the city. In 2019 the project was extended to other territories.

Watch the summary video in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvrxhbCUaso

Started: 2018
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Other

O Porto é Lindo! – Roteiros Turísticos +65

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This program consists of guided tours to various emblematic spaces in the city and is intended for people aged 65 and over. The main objective of this project is to provide seniors quality free time, increasing access to immovable and moveable cultural and religious heritage means of cultural enrichment all the while promoting active citizenship…

Started: 2018
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Information and communication

Residências Partilhadas para Idosos

This project is developed in the city of Porto to providing answers to two specific social problems, namely: precarious housing and social isolation. Through this project, seniors are lodged in social housing, which they share with other seniors, who are in the same situation, and they are supported by a Social Institution, that provide the…

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

Transit Training for Enhanced Mobility

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These transit trainings have yielded great results with several participants sharing stories of visiting family members in other towns that they hadn't seen in years, going in to New York City to enjoy a Broadway show, and making the most of visiting the beaches in the southern part of the state. In the words of…

Started: 2018
Location: Westwood
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Transportation

Project – “Seniors cuddle little ones”

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The project “Seniors cuddle little ones” is focused on helping parents and hospital employees in taking care of new-born children during their longer than usual stay in the neonatal Hospital Unit right after birth.

Parents who cannot provide personal care for babies in hospital for various reasons can count on help from a 60+ volunteer. These…

Started: 2019
Location: City of Poznan
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health

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

Evaluated

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

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

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

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