{"id":1295,"date":"2014-05-24T19:10:40","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T19:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agefriendlyworld.local.org\/?page_id=1295"},"modified":"2018-01-26T17:13:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-26T17:13:09","slug":"age-friendly-practices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/age-friendly-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Age-Friendly in Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cAge-friendly environments (such as in the home, community) foster healthy and active ageing by building and maintaining intrinsic capacity across the life course and enabling greater functional ability in someone with a given level of capacity\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

World report on ageing and health<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In practical terms,<\/strong> age-friendly environments are free from physical and social barriers and supported by policies, systems, services, products and technologies that:<\/p>\n

     \u25cf promote health and build and maintain physical and mental capacity across the life course; and
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf enable people, even when experiencing capacity loss, to continue to do the things they value.<\/p>\n

Age-friendly practices help build older peoples abilities to:<\/p>\n

     \u25cf meet their basic needs;
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf learn, grow and make decisions;
     \u25cf be mobile;
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf build and maintain relationships; and
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf contribute.<\/p>\n

In doing so, age-friendly practices:<\/p>\n

     \u25cf recognise the wide range of capacities and resources among older people;
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf anticipate and respond flexibly to ageing-related needs and preferences;
     \u25cf respect older people's decisions and lifestyle choices;
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf reduce inequities;
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf protect those who are most vulnerable; and
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf promote older people's inclusion in and contribute to all areas of community life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>

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\u201cAge-friendly environments (such as in the home, community) foster healthy and active ageing by building and maintaining intrinsic capacity across the life course and enabling greater functional ability in someone with a given level of capacity\u201d World report on ageing and health In practical terms, age-friendly environments are free from physical and social barriers and supported by policies, systems, services, products and technologies that:      \u25cf promote health and build and maintain physical and mental capacity across the life course; and\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf enable people, even when experiencing capacity loss, to continue to do the things they value. Age-friendly practices help build older peoples abilities to:      \u25cf meet their basic needs;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf learn, grow and make decisions;     \u25cf be mobile;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf build and maintain relationships; and\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf contribute. In doing so, age-friendly practices:      \u25cf recognise the wide range of capacities and resources among older people;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf anticipate and respond flexibly to ageing-related needs and preferences;     \u25cf respect older people’s decisions and lifestyle choices;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf reduce inequities;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf protect those who are most vulnerable; and\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u25cf promote older people’s inclusion in and contribute to all areas of community life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":97,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1295"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/97"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1295"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1295\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10432,"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1295\/revisions\/10432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extranet.who.int\/agefriendlyworld\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}