The AARP Public Policy Institute (PPI) is planning a set of livability reports and is developing an AARP-sponsored index to measure community livability across the United States. Lessons learned from that project have initially inspired the creation of two companion reports, “What Is Livable? Community Preferences of Older Adults” and “Is This a Good Place […]
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The AARP published a revision of the Liveable Communities: An Evaluation Guide in 2005. The guide is comprehensive and still very useful today. The purpose of the guide is to help residents and community leaders take a new look at the community or neighborhood in which they live. The guide helps residents follow a process to […]
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The World Health Organization (WHO) provides some interesting statistics on their “Ageing and Life Course” page that link to fact sheets on the same topics. For example they state that 2 billion people will be aged 60 and older by 2050. That statement leads to a post on “10 facts on ageing and the life course” […]
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In 2005, the Herberger Center for Design Excellence at Arizona State University prepared a Livable Communities Evaluation Guide for the AARP Public Policy Institute. The purpose of the Evaluation Guide is to encourage people to take a new look at the communities and neighborhoods in which we live, and to evaluate them from the perspective […]
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After lamenting our fear of dementia and sharing dementia-friendly responses to community design in other countries, this 2013 article from MINNPOST by Marlys Harris shares a bright spot in the US: the Minnesota statewide campaign to create “dementia-capable communities.” Harris’ article highlights the work of the Minnesota group, ACT on Alzheimer’s, which has a goal of […]
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The Center for Civic Partnerships has produced a toolkit outlining a community-based planning process to promote healthy aging. Aging Well in Communities: A Toolkit for Planning, Engagement & Action, located at Center for Civic Partnerships, is a user-friendly guide to help planning efforts by local governments, human service providers, community groups, and other partners. The […]
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Located on the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, website is a Guide to Elder-Friendly Community Building. This Guide is organized into three sections: Section One: The Elder-Friendly Community Building Process Section Two: The Elder-Friendly Community Indicators Section Three: Elder-Friendly Community Assessment Tools and Worksheets For each community, the journey to understand the needs of persons as they age […]
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At a meeting in Sun Prairie, WI, sponsored by the Coalition of Wisconsin Aging Groups (CWAG) Mr. Nino Amato (CWAG President and Executive Director), announced that CWAG is working on a way to recognize Wisconsin communities who have taken steps to become more aging-friendly. Distributed at the meeting was a handout that included the criteria used […]
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The term ‘aging in place’ deals with a variety of issues, one of which is having older Americans age in their own communities and homes. Almost 89 percent of the elderly in the United States wish to reside in their own homes, creating a powerful impetus for elderly-friendly (aka “aging-friendly”) communities. To allow older Americans to stay in […]
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Started in 1999, the AdvantAge Initiative helps counties, cities, and towns prepare for the growing number of older adults who are “aging in place” while creating livable communities for people of all ages. To this end, the AdvantAge website contains a variety of useful information, include national survey data, examples of “best practice”, fact sheets, presentations, […]
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