Norway

Oslo will have 50,000 more seniors leading up to 2040. It’s not a problem, but an opportunity.
Older people are a resource that Oslo has not been adept at making…

France

La ville de Sceaux est engagée depuis de nombreuses années dans des actions de solidarité qui assurent le maintien du lien social autour des personnes âgées fragiles et isolées. C’est…

Portugal

The Union of Parishes Councils of Gondomar (S. Cosme), Valbom and Jovim is one of six Parishes within the Municipality of Gondomar and belongs to the Greater Metropolitan Area of…

France

Dèjà engagée dans une démarche d’offre de services à destination des seniors, l’adhésion au réseau “villes amies des ainés” est l’occasion pour la ville de Toulon de renforcer son action…

Ireland

Cavan County Council and Cavan County Development Board launched the Cavan Age Friendly County Initiative on March 2012. The initiative was endorsed by the County Manager Jack Keyes who appointed…

United Kingdom

 Newcastle – a city adapting to demographic change

Newcastle upon Tyne is focussing on adapting the city’s infrastructure and services to demographic change. We have incorporated ‘becoming an age friendly city’…

China

Sai Kung of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, is one of the pioneer districts promoting Age-friendly Hong Kong since 2008. With a view to developing the district into…

Australia

The City of Cockburn

Seniors Service Plan 2025 

The City of Cockburn delivers services in line with the Strategic Community Plan 2020-2030. The service plans details impact, costs, resource allocations, and…

United Kingdom

Glasgow is an ambitious and entrepreneurial city with a track record of delivery and making things happen. We are Scotland’s largest city and like many large urban areas, we face…

Canada

Hamilton’s Plan for an Age-Friendly City was developed in 2014 by the City of Hamilton, in partnership with the Hamilton Council on Aging and the Cityof Hamilton’s Seniors Advisory…

Canada

Moncton, New Brunswick is located in eastern Canada. It has a population of 69,074 (34.45% of residents are above the age of 60). It is the 5th fastest growing Census…

United States of America

A conversation was begun with the Mayor of Fairfax in the summer of 2014 about how we might enhance our town’s services for seniors and our overall age friendliness. Being…

Norway

The city of Trondheim is committed to become an age-friendly city by the year 2020. This is one of the main objectives in the current master plan for the municipality.…

Netherlands

Age-friendly communities and well-being of older Moroccan adults in the Netherlands: A person-environment perspective

Doctoral Thesis

In the Netherlands, the older population is not only growing, but also becoming increasingly diverse. Most…

Republic of Korea

Seoul metropolitan government established the “2020 Master Plan for the Aged Society” embracing the vision, “Seoul, a city whose citizens enjoy healthy and active lives of up to 100 years”…

Canada

In 2014, Whitby developed a Recreation and Leisure Services Seniors Strategy to gain an understanding of the recreation and leisure needs of seniors as a result of…

Spain

Guadalajara (Spain) is a medium-sized city located 50 km from Madrid, just at the border of the Metropolitan Area. It accounts for nearly 85,000 inhabitants.

Guadalajara City Council has been interested…

France

La Ville de Bordeaux, considérant la question du vieillissement comme un enjeu à la fois social mais également sociétal, souhaite impulser une démarche transversale afin de promouvoir une politique publique…

France

Depuis 2008, le projet social porté par la municipalité de Metz constitue, au même titre que l’Agenda 21 et le projet urbain, un des trois piliers fondamentaux de l’intervention en…

France

Angers est une ville où il fait bon vivre sa retraite. Pour que cet atout perdure, la collectivité adapte en permanence son offre de services et se prépare à faire…