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

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
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Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Urban development

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

More than 100 desire paths

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Shortways or desire paths is one of many projects of the Greener Trondheim program. Cities become better when they are walking friendly. Theese paths usually represents the shortest or the most easily navigated route between an origin and destination, and the width and severity of its surface erosion are often indicators of the traffic level…

Started: 2020
Location: Trondheim
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Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

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Started: 2020
Location: City of Hallandale Beach
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Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health, Housing, Information and communication, Transportation

One-stop age-friendly shop (space senior)

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Started: 2017
Location: Angers
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Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health

Age-friendly Cities and Communities in Québec: A Cross-Sectorial Approach

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The Québec Government’s Approach
• Canada’s first government policy on ageing (2012): Aging and Living Together, At Home, In One’s Community, In Québec
• First Action Plan 2012-2017
• Approach based on the concept of active ageing (WHO)
o Social participation
o Health
o Safety

Population Ageing in Québec
• Québec: One of the societies in…

Started: 2020
Location: Municipalite Amie des Aines
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Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Health

Electric vehicles Cavalier (Kavalir) in the City of Ljubljana

Accessibility of the City Centre is one of main priorities of the City Ljubljana. In the last few years The City Centre of Ljubljana is transformed into eco zone and it is closed to motorized traffic or has limited traffic regime. The public transport company Ljubljanski potniški promet is constantly striving to upgrade…

Started: 2009
Location: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Transportation

The senior fair i Hallstahammars municipality attracts many

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The senior fair attracts many

For the fourth time, the Senior Fair was held in Hallstahammar municipality and attracted a large number of visitors. Nearly 800 visitors came to this year’s Senior Fair. Hallstahammar municipality has 16 700 inhabitants. The theme for this year’s Senior Fair was Quality of Life for Seniors. This fair is organized…

Started: 2020
Location: Hallstahammars municipality
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Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health

Digital senior- education starts

Digital senior starts
Do you think the digital nuts are difficult to crack. On January 22, the Municipality of Hallstahammar will start a study circle called DIGI +60 where we will help you (senior citizen) on the pile through the digital world. We will go through Bank ID, Swish, 1177 (Swedens national phone number to…

Started: 2020
Location: Hallstahammars municipality
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Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Information and communication

Hallstahammar Municipality starts conversation groups for seniors

Hallstahammar Municipality starts conversation groups for seniors

According to the National Board of Health’s report from 2018, there is a strong connection between depression, social isolation and suicidal behavior. It takes time and energy from the elderly to take care of emotions such as anxiety, anxiety and anxiety. The mental ill-health of the elderly has not…

Started: 2020
Location: Hallstahammars municipality
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Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health

Jockey Club Age-friendly City project – “Story of My Life”

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With the funding support from the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, the Helping Hand Cheung Muk Tau Holiday Centre for the Elderly organized the “Jockey Club Age-friendly City Project – Story of My Life” between March and June in 2017.

A group of 50 youth volunteers were recruited to write up the life stories of…

Started: 2017
Location: TaiPo, China
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Other

Tech Connect

In August 2018 we commenced our Tech-connect program for adults and older people requiring tech help. The program runs every Thursday afternoon during school term, and engages Duke of Edinburgh volunteers from local high schools, supported by Kiama Library staff, to troubleshoot simple issues with mobile phones, tablets and laptops, and provide basic instruction to…

Started: 2018
Location: Kiama, Australia
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Education, Information and communication

Our Age Friendly Journey

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The short easy to read leaflet summarises the tangible achievements for Salford since we embarked on our Age-Friendly journey.

Salford started using the Word Health Organisation model back in 2014 as a way to bring together some ideas and projects which were important to older people’s health and wellbeing. These activities and events have been recognized…

Started: 2019
Location: Salford, United Kingdom
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Health, Information and communication, Labor

Activities of Kamome Housing Complex, Yokosuka City

Kamome Housing Complex in Yokosuka City is an old estate built in 1969. It is characterized by a high rate (57%) of residents aged 65 and over, and a large number of single older people from 60 to 80 years old. The complex’s neighborhood association, with the support from the Kanagawa Prefectural Government and the…

Started: 2013
Location: Yokosuka City, Japan
Desired outcome for older people: Build and maintain relationships
Sectors: Health, Information and communication, Long-term care

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