Age-Friendly Cities

Queensland: an age-friendly community - Action Plan

This action plan, which was informed by more than 9000 responses to our survey, outlines the Queensland Government’s priorities, initiatives and services that contribute to building age-friendly communities and supporting our strategic direction statement, Queensland: an age-friendly community.
2016

Ageing in the Bush: An ageing in place strategy for Regional Western Australia

The State Wide Ageing in the Bush project was an initiative of the Regional Development Council of Western Australia with the objective to “identify aged care models for regional WA that will enable residents to age in their community”. A number of models to address state wide issues have been developed.
2016

Improving with age? How city design is adapting to older populations

By 2050, there will be more over-65s than children under 15. The number of people over 100 will increase by 1,000%. And as by then 70% of the world’s population will likely live in cites, this will present huge challenges, and cities will need to adapt. An ageing population is not inherently a bad thing: it reflects improved health and rising life expectancies.
2016

Age-Friendly Community Initiatives: Conceptual Issues and Key Questions

US public policy and programs for older adults traditionally have focused on the delivery of benefits to targeted individuals.
2015

Ageing in Place Today in Europe & Asia

looking at the challenges of a rapidly ageing population in Europe and Asia.
2015

Salem for All Ages

In February 2015, Jewish Family & Children’s Service launched Salem for All Ages, a community-based project designed to build awareness of what it means to be an age-friendly city. Through a series of outreach events and information-gathering activities, this project focused on answering two key questions: What makes Salem a good place to grow older?
2015

Southern cities dominate latest list of places friendly to elderly

A study of 150 cities across China has shown that southern coastal cities are more age-friendly than those in the north. Biaozhun Ranking, a research institute based in Beijing, has released its latest Top 50 Age-friendly Chinese Cities list. Among the top 50, 39 cities are located in the southern part of China.
2015

Ageing in Cities - Policy Highlights

This report provides policy makers with insights and tools to mitigate the challenges of ageing societies and make the most of the opportunities they present. Ageing trends and their impact can be fairly predictable. Cities can take action now to prepare for future demographic changes. Those cities at the forefront in addressing these changes offer useful experiences for others.
2015

An Age Friendly City – how far has London come?

The Institute of Gerontology has undertaken this research. It follows their study for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2006: What makes a city age-friendly?
2015

Housing vulnerable older people: lessons from Europe and Australia

A comparison of strategies for housing vulnerable older people in Europe and Australia.
2015
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