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Oskar (8 months). Is visiting baby

Now get older by Levanger residential and activity center meet the very young. It seems to do well for everyone involved.

By Marthe Haugdal/ National Center for Culture, Health and Care (Levanger)

Oskar (8.mnd) visiting on day care in Levanger residential and activity center. Photo: Thomas Jergel

A dark fringe emerging from the baby carriage at Levanger residential…

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Started: 2018
Location: Levanger, Norway
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health

With Gdynia throughout your entire life

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A city listening to the voice of its people. Senior citizens policy is focused on a particular group of people: the elderly. When talking about the city we do not want to limit ourselves to people aged 60+ or 65+. We want to open ourselves up to actions that target all age groups. That is…

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Started: 2016
Location: Gdynia
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Education, Health, Housing, Long-term care, Social protection

Waterloo recognizes a senior of the year

The Ontario Senior of the Year Award gives each municipality in Ontario the opportunity to honour one local senior who has made outstanding contributions to their community after the age of 65 years old. The City of Waterloo and its age-friendly multi-agency committee have been selecting and presenting this award to an outstanding senior community…

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Started: 2013
Location: Waterloo, Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Information and communication

Impromptu No Tutu Elder Dance Ensemble

The Impromptu No Tutu Ensemble is a collaborative of dancers age 50-90+ who promote healthy aging and celebrate our lives through creative movement, music, and percussion. We have been the resident dance company of the Albany, CA, Senior Center since 2008. Our mission: To inspire a new view of aging as a crescendo of creativity…

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Started: 2008
Location: Albany, California, USA, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Education, Health, Housing, Information and communication, Other, Social protection

Liveable Housing

Livable Housing refers to basic and easy to implement features that improve the accessibility of new homes. Livable Housing features improve new homes so that they are
1. Easier to enter
2. Easier to navigate in and around
3. Designed to meet changing needs of residents who may experience a reduced mobility, dementia, injury or…

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Started: 2013
Location: Banyule, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing, Information and communication

Age friendly Champions (volunteers)

Residents championing Banyule as an age-friendly city have just celebrated their third birthday and are putting out the call to others to join them. Since Council’s Age-friendly Champion initiative started in 2014, 100 Banyule residents have been trained to be Age-friendly Champions and been involved in a string of projects that improve the quality…

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Started: 2015
Location: Banyule, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Information and communication

Tech and Tea a technology five week course for Older People

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The programme is based on the Gulbenkian report on older people, technology and community: The benefits of technology… is how technology can foster improved social interaction, engaging older people in their communities and promote high quality face-to-face contact. It is a programme of informal digital skills development for residents over the age of 65 years…

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Started: 2016
Location: Salford, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication

Akita Age-Friendly Partner Program

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In order to promote creating the Age-friendly City with private sectors, Akita City registers private companies and organizations as Age-friendly partners, which are encouraged to continue their efforts under the Akita Age-Friendly Partner Program.

 

Examples of the Partners’ Efforts

・Eliminating steps and installing handrails for buildings

・Installing benches available for public use

・Installing AED in the offices for employees…

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Started: 2015
Location: Akita
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Education, Health, Housing, Information and communication, Labor, Other, Transportation

Mayor Poster

Annual age-friendly forum

The City of Waterloo is an age-friendly city, where people of all ages thrive and grow. This commitment is reflected in the work of the city’s age-friendly Waterloo multi-agency committee. This committee established a mechanism to include older people, developed and administered a baseline assessment tool of the age-friendliness of our city and developed a…

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Started: 2010
Location: Waterloo, Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Social protection

Selfie With A Senior Competition and Exhibition

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Community members of all ages celebrated seniors by participating in a fun competition, designed to address ageism. The City of Rockingham’s second Selfie with a Senior competition encouraged participants to submit selfies with older people and include a short description of why that person was so special to them. A judging panel (which included young…

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Started: 2015
Location: Rockingham, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Social protection

Young and Gold Intergenerational Urban Art Project

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Art has a unique way of connecting people across age groups. The Young and Gold Intergenerational Urban Art Project provided young people and seniors the opportunity to participate in an urban art community project at Golden Bay foreshore. The following objectives were achieved: The number of seniors who reported feeling comfortable communicating with young people…

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Started: 2016
Location: Rockingham, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Other

Seniors and Carers Expo

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The City of Rockingham has facilitated an annual Seniors and Carers Expo since 2009. The goal of the expo is to provide seniors and carers with information on the services, programs, activities and community/support groups available to them. The expo aligns with the WHO Age-friendly domain ‘Communication and Information’ which highlights that staying connected with…

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Started: 2009
Location: Rockingham, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication

Engagement with council libraries and community hubs

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The Hutt city council in partnership with Age Concern (an NGO) started a programme for seniors who were all clients of Age Concern accredited visitor service. They are people who are identified as socially isolated and lonely. Once a month a group of seniors are picked up from home by a volunteer driver in a…

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Started: 2016
Location: The city of Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships

Sharjah Mobile Medical Center

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The mobile medical clinic is a field clinic, furnished and equipped with large medical devices. It offers services to elderly people and disabled people, and those who face difficulty in moving. It moves among the houses of the elderly people in different areas of Emirate of Sharjah. The mobile clinic treats the simple cases and…

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Started: 2016
Location: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health

Development of an Age-friendly newsletter

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From engagement with older residents it was found that they wanted local information on activities, events and issues impacting them. The Banyule Age-friendly Champions (volunteers) were also looking for other opportunities to explore the eight WHO age-friendly city domains.An editorial group involving Age-friendly Champions (volunteers) and Council staff was established and the Age in Focus…

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Started: 2014
Location: Banyule, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Social protection

TKO Dementia Friendly Community Service Program : Dementia Friendly Community Symposium

Addressing needs of older people with dementia and their families has always been one of the main focuses of the Age-Friendly Working Group in the Sai Kung District of Hong Kong SAR, China. The Group comprises government departments, elderly representatives and non-governmental organizations. The Working Group collaborates with Haven of Hope District Elderly Community Service,…

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Started: 2015
Location: Sai Kung District Hong Kong, China
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health

How Age-Friendly is Ottawa? An Evaluation Framework to Measure the Age-Friendliness of Ottawa

Age-friendly Ottawa conducted an assessment to measure Ottawa’s age-friendliness. The assessment involved the creation of a local framework for action. Based on the assessment, we know more about the physical environments – outdoor spaces and buildings, transportation, and housing – than the social environments. In fact, three of the social age-friendly areas, social participation, civic…

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Started: 2016
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Sectors: Information and communication

Banyule Best Biz Awards include paper based and online voting

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In 2015 Banyule held the inaugural Banyule Best Biz Awards. Residents were encouraged to vote online for their favourite local business under a number of categories. Unfortunately, not all residents who shop locally were able to vote online. In particular the older adults within our community who may not feel comfortable, may not have the…

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Started: 2016
Location: Banyule, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Social protection

Liverpool’s Older People Awards (November 2016)

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Liverpool’s Older Peoples Awards were organised by Liverpool Registered Social Landlords, Liverpool City Council and partner agencies who work and support ‘Older People’ in the city. The awards are for over 65’s and community groups catering for older people, with prizes of up to £500.00 on offer.The awards pay tribute to the achievements of remarkable…

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Started: 2014
Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Social protection

Liverpool Winter Warmth Campaign (2016)

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The Winter Warmth Campaign involved the delivery of 1500 hamper packs to older adults in their homes. Information leaflets on keeping warm, safe and healthy was included within the packs. The reps delivering the packs engaged with tenants and asked questions about welfare benefits, utility bills and provided information, advice and signposted if required. Following…

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Started: 2011
Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Health

The Tsuen Wan Footbridge Network

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Situated between Kowloon and the New Territories, Tsuen Wan serves as a major link between the western part of the New Territories/Lantau and the urban area, and is the gateway to the airport. Its sound transportation network, added with its numerous scenic spots and a full range of community facilities, has made it attractive to…

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Started: 2009
Location: Tsuen Wan District Hong Kong, China
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

Engagement of older adults in Age-friendly Banyule

Residents may be involved on the Age–friendly Advisory Committee, the Champion program and the Think Tanks.These three levels allow people to participate and contribute to creating an Age-friendly Banyule at the level at which they feel most comfortable. The Advisory Committee contributes to the development of the program as well as providing advice to Council…

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Started: 2014
Location: Banyule, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication

Making GP Surgeries Age Friendly

As part of the Age Friendly Island Programme, we have been working with Tower House Surgery in Ryde on the Isle of Wight, to understand what needs to be in place to make GP Surgeries Age Friendly.With Tower House’s Patient Participation Group and the Age Friendly Island Public Forums we worked together to produce a…

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Started: 2015
Location: Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Health

Hamilton Senior of the Year Awards and Gala

The Senior of the Year Award has been around for the last 22 years in Hamilton but since 2014 the awards program has evolved. In 2013, an organizing committee comprised of City staffers and members of the Seniors Advisory Committee came together to begin planning for a new awards program where many seniors are recognized…

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Started: 2014
Location: Hamilton, Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Labor