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The Senior Connector Program

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The Senior Connector program is a volunteer program offering resources and referrals to seniors, their families and caregivers. Senior Connectors empower others with knowledge to make informed decisions. Connections are made by senior volunteers through face to face contact with their peers in the communities where they live.In 2013 Volunteer Halton, a program of Community…

Started: 2014
Location: Region of Halton, Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication

Memorial boxes – a way to find (lost) memories

“Looja” is a non-profit organization with older people as members. The organization is located in the capital city Tallinn but operates all over Estonia. Its goal is to allow older people to be active, appreciate the lived years, remember forgotten memories and energise creativity. The organization begun its work in 2005 with the production of…

Started: 2005
Location: older people who live in nursing home or elderly care home, Estonia
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships

CreandoRED

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CreandoRED is an initiative developed in 2015 initially by Fundación Navarro Viola. It is develop in partnership with a group of cultural and social organisations and individuals like professionals and older adults volunteers which aims to create platforms for conversation, learning, collaborative experiences between staff of cultural and social institutions to create a collective commitment…

Started: 2015
Location: BuenosAires, Argentina
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute

Rock Through The Ages – a musical get together for all ages

Rock Through The Ages is a social participation initiative based on the PhD research of Dr Julia Jones, the CEO of Found in Music. The primary aim is to harness the popular music taste of several generations to facilitate events that encourage inter-generational social participation. These events were first run in this community between 2011…

Started: 2011
Location: Folkestone / Shepway, Kent, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships

New service: Better sleep with digital home care

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For senior citizens with home care services who sleeps restlessly, are easily awakened or don’t wish to have personal visits, supervision through a webcam may be an alternative. It can also be a complement to traditional supervision (personal visit). The new service, which is performed by one of the City of Gothenburg’s own home care…

Started: 2017
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Long-term care

Life Filming – a win-win method

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How can we introduce modern technology to seniors and at the same time share their experiences, needs, memories and knowledge? The Life Filming method focuses on content and form, using images as a point of departure. This lifts participants over the barriers of technology.

We live in a visual culture, surrounded by images and films. Equally…

Started: 2017
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication

“The Sixty-Plus Center”: An employment center to Jerusalem residents aged 60 and over

In 2015, the municipality of Jerusalem together with the National Insurance Institute, the JDC (Joint Distribution Committee) and Shipur organization established an employment- assistance center for residents aged 60 and over to provide job-training workshops, job-search assistance after retirement and new technologies-skills workshops. These workshops provide the seniors with solo- as well as group assistance…

Started: 2015
Location: Jerusalem, Israel
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Labor

Age Friendly Business

East Lindsey is a project funded by Big Lottery’s Ageing Better Programme and is aimed at reducing isolation and loneliness amongst older people. Full details of our activities and strands can be found on our website http://tedineastlindsey.co.uk/. The project is managed by the charity Community Lincs.Included in our project is the Age Friendly Business award.…

Started: 2016
Location: East Lindsey, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute

Co-production of Leeds Age Friendly Charter

Building on our long history of consultation and co-production with older people, a new age friendly charter has been developed by the Leeds Older People’s Forum Time to Shine team on behalf of our Age Friendly Leeds Partnership. Through consultation with 176 older people around Leeds (via focus groups and written questionnaires), Time to Shine…

Started: 2016
Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Labor

SENIORS EXPO – Northern Territory

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Council on the Ageing Northern Territory (COTA NT) organises a SENIORS EXPO, the only event of its kind in the Northern Territory, once a year and invites seniors’ community groups, organisations, service providers, businesses with a seniors’ focus and local, Territory and Australian government agencies to attend and contribute through holding an activity, running stall…

Started: 2015
Location: Darwin, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute

Tell more (Swedish: Berätta mera)

We all carry a story. We have different backgrounds but we share a common likeness in life itself.

“Tell more” is a series of live meetings and stories that turn strangers into friends. The narrator share his or her life experiences.

The City of Gothenburg’s development centre Senior Gothenburg started the series in co-operation with authorities…

Started: 2017
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication

The South Yorkshire Dementia Creative Arts Exhibition

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The University of Sheffield has led the development and coordination of a dementia creative arts exhibition in South Yorkshire since 2009. The exhibition is intended as an annual opportunity to showcase the creative talents of people with dementia and all affected by the syndrome. Each year a theme is decided by the organising committee –…

Started: 2009
Location: South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute

Résumé des activités intergénérationnelles organisées par la Ville de Charleroi (Belgique)

Depuis de nombreuses années, Charleroi possède un service des Aînés compétent et dynamique. Ce dernier a pour objet l’organisation de loisirs à destination des Seniors. Dans ce cadre, plus de 120 activités hebdomadaires sont proposées à nos Aînés dans des domaines différents tels que : éducation, ludique, bien-être, artistique, artisanal, voyages, spectacles, …A ce tableau…

Started: 2005
Location: Ville de Charleroi, Belgium
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Urban development

Young people and seniors working together in their community

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In 1984, the City of Pointe-Claire created the Aid for Seniors program providing seniors with household chores and outdoor maintenance work carried out free of charge by students. This program enables low-income seniors to remain in their homes longer, helps break their isolation, and promotes involvement in the community, employment for young people, and inter-generational…

Started: 1984
Location: City of Pointe-Claire, Canada
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health

Kadıköy Municipality’s Social Center

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Kadıköy Municipality aims at assisting the local seniors by offering facilities for active ageing, providing psychological support, and contributing to their social life and personal development through protective, preventive and supportive services. Inaugurated on December 4th, 2013, the Social Center targets the elderly population in Kadıköy aged 65 and above. Kadıköy’s Social Center has the…

Started: 2013
Location: Kadikoy, Turkey
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships

Intergenerational Meeting

FOZ CÔA MORE SOCIAL 2016 – Intergenerational MeetingThis initiative is designed to promote active aging of the elderly, this time placing a greater focus on the issue of the importance of the relationship between generations.In this event we were held extensive range activities designed to encourage the sharing of experiences and knowledge between generations.An initiative…

Started: 2010
Location: Vila Nova de Foz Coa, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships

Priority Seats at Rain-shelters in Kwai Tsing District

The Age-Friendly Community Ambassadors (Kwai Tsing) (AFCAs-K&T) carried out a community assessment project on Age-Friendly outdoor environment in Kwai Tsing in 2015. As of May 2016, there are 271 rainshelters on pathways or footpaths in Kwai Tsing, but only 102 have seats installed. As such, AFCAs-K&T suggested the Kwai Tsing District Council (K&TDC) to install…

Started: 2015
Location: Kwai Tsing District Hong Kong, China
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

Free entry for Senior Citizens 67 years and older into Reykjavík’s Swimming Pools

Reykjavík City is Age-friendly and takes into account the needs of senior citizens and what is accessible and suitable for them. The aim of Reykjavík City is to find ways to further support their senior citizen’s participation and their efficiency. There are many factors to consider to increase the quality of life of senior citizens.…

Started: 2015
Location: Reykjavik, Iceland
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health

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