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Home Refurbishment Programme in the Barcelona province

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The purpose of the Home Refurbishment Programme in the Barcelona province (except for the city of Barcelona itself) is to guarantee minimum levels of accessibility, safety, hygiene, habitability and energy efficiency by carrying out refurbishment work in the homes of the most vulnerable older people. The aim is to meet the challenge of an ageing…

Started: 2009
Location: Province of Barcelona (except the city of Barcelona), Spain
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing, Other

Tu vivienda amigable, consejos para lograrlo

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Desde la Secretaría de Integración Social de las Personas Mayores promovemos la participación y permanencia de las personas mayores en sus hogares y entornos, para alcanzarlo creamos el programa BA, Amiga de las Personas Mayores que busca mejorar la calidad de vida de la población mayor a partir de iniciativas que promuevan la accesibilidad en…

Started: 2018
Location: BuenosAires, Argentina
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Health, Housing, Long-term care

Age Friendly Home Adaptation Building Permit

A No-Cost Building Permit: Every 11 seconds somewhere in the country an older adult is treated in an emergency room because of an injury due to a fall. 50% of falls occur at home. To help residents age 60 and older and younger adults with disabilities improve their home environment, Age Friendly Sausalito joined with…

Started: 2018
Location: Sausalito, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Housing, Urban development

Une équipe citoyenne au service des personnes isolées

Le réseau de bénévoles de la Ville de Saint-Etienne a pour but de lutter contre l’isolement des personnes âgées en favorisant le maintien du lien social et l’engagement citoyen pour que la place de chacun soit valorisée dans la société.

L’objectif est de créer une alliance entre les solidarités publiques et une communauté civile…

Started: 2018
Location: Saint-Etienne
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Other

City of Cockburn – Flash Mob

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Senior Flash Mob

Gateway shopping centre Tuesday 10 November 2015

City of Cockburn Seniors Week

Over 30,000 views on Facebook and wonderful comments

Started: 2015
Location: Cockburn, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health

Fit for Life Melville

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Fit for Life is a campaign developed to encourage the City of Melville’s older residents to start being physically active or return to being active.

With estimates suggesting lack of physical activity could be responsible the physical decline associated with old age, the campaign highlights it’s never too late to reap the health…

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

Housing Strategy

Housing has been identified as a priority area of concern by seniors since our baseline consultation in 2007, with older people requesting more diversity of housing choice.

A local Housing strategy was developed over the last few years and is currently being implemented. Engagement with older people on its development was significant and included a 47%…

Started: 2018
Location: Melville
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing

Garden City Memory Café

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The City of Melville is home to the second highest number of people living with Dementia in Western Australia. Garden City Shopping Centre collaborated with the City of Melville to create the Memory Café.

Inspired by Melville couple, Keith and Wendy Glance, the Memory Café is Perth’s first monthly social gathering specifically for people living with dementia.

The Memory…

Started: 2018
Location: Melville
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Other

Lectura facil

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Documento de recomendaciones Lectura facil Read more »

Started: 2016
Location: Manresa, Spain
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Information and communication

10 quartiers intergénérationnels

Les Seniors dans l’Open Métropole chantier 14 Read more »

Started: 2018
Location: Toulouse Metropole
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Housing, Urban development

Modu-Lab’

Le Modu-Lab est un projet de Living Lab (méthode de recherche en innovation ouverte, qui vise le développement de nouveaux produits et services à travers un processus de co-création avec les usagers dans des conditions réelles) avec pour thématique l’autonomie au domicile et la mobilité. Il s’inscrit dans le quartier intergénérationnel d’Andromède, situé à Blagnac.…

Started: 2014
Location: Toulouse Metropole, France
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing

Age Friendly Island Training

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The Age Friendly training was written in January 2016. It looks to address cultural attitudes among ageing focusing on physical barriers, physiological barriers and environmental barriers. We worked with a small Task and Finish group made up of senior leads from Isle of Wight Fire & Rescue, Hampshire Police, Southern Vectis (Local transport provider), to…

Started: 2016
Location: Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Education, Health, Housing, Information and communication, Transportation

Improved Senior Bus Service

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Though the Montclair Senior Bus has been in operation for over 30 years, a consistent complaint was poor service and an inability to make changes to the route/service model. Lifelong Montclair investigated options for improving the service and in 2016 decided to partner with a transportation organization to provide the service. EZ Ride (our Transportation…

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

Parklet Program

The Township of Montclair’s Department of Planning partnered with the Montclair Center Business Improvement District to develop a parklet program. The pilot parklet launched in October, 2016. Although there was some public concern about the loss of parking spots, overall feedback was very positive, and the organizations are developing plans for expanding the program.

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Started: 2018
Location: Montclair, United States of America
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

Municipal Toolkit

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St. Louis County has a great diversity of people and communities, including 88 municipalities that range in size from over 50,000 residents to several communities with populations under 300 residents. The municipal inventory in Aging Successfully in St. Louis County: A Quality of Life Assessment indicates there is a broad continuum of municipal services offered…

Started: 2016
Location: Saint Louis
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication, Transportation, Urban development

Resource Accessibility

The St. Louis County Older Residents Program agreed to partner with graduate students from Washington University in St. Louis Program in Occupational Therapy (WUOT) to create a mobile information kiosk that provides hard copy material as well as electronic access to resources, and establish regular venues for display. CORP has identified that despite the high…

Started: 2017
Location: Saint Louis
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Information and communication, Long-term care, Transportation

Asset Mapping

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One piece of an age-friendly assessment is creating an inventory of resources within the community. This can be done with asset mapping, an exercise that reveals the various strengths within a community. The network of people, organizations, programs, and services in your community that contribute to the desired outcome are recorded and mapped. Asset mapping…

Started: 2015
Location: Saint Louis
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Health, Information and communication, Transportation, Urban development

Walk Audit

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Similar to facilities audits, walk audits are evaluation tools that rate the built environment of the transportation network on ease of access, use and comfort for residents of all ages. The built and social environments of a community greatly impact the livability of that community – particularly for older adults living in…

Started: 2017
Location: Saint Louis
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Housing, Transportation, Urban development

Community Needs Assessment

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Developing a comprehensive assessment serves several purposes for action towards advancing an age-friendly community.

First, it evaluates the community in its current state and provides data-driven feedback.
Second, it identifies assets, areas for improvement, and gaps.
Third, it helps establish standards for a community and evaluate progress.
Fourth, it motivates performance and helps to develop a…

Started: 2016
Location: Saint Louis
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Education, Health, Housing, Information and communication, Labor, Long-term care, Social protection, Transportation

Older Adult Commission

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Older adult residents often have established roots within the community and may have lived in the community for a number of years. It is important to them that they are able to find meaningful ways to connect with other people and their government. Opportunities to stay active, connected, and serve their community have value…

Started: 2016
Location: Saint Louis
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication, Transportation

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