From 2001 to 2014, The Centers for Disease Control Healthy Aging Research Network (HAN) partnered with a number of stakeholders around the country to identify and address key health needs for healthy aging, with a focus on disadvantaged populations that are more prone to illness and disease. The CDC Healthy Aging Program also funded several core academic centers […]
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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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This report, Building dementia-friendly communities: A priority for everyone, from the Alzheimer’s Society provides evidence on dementia-friendly communities from the perspective of people affected by dementia and their carers. It explores the barriers that people face in their community, how they would like to be engaged with their local area and the support they need to […]
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According to a new survey of boomers, “as with just about everything else in their lives, the survey suggests, boomers will be choosing their retirement housing on their own terms — and quite differently from the way their parents did. Depending on your perspective, they’re either selective or selfish.” Read the full article from Next […]
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How do we create cities in which both 8-year-olds and 80-year-olds can move about safely and enjoyably?” Here is an article in the Atlantic that dresses this question. The 8 to 80 Problem: Designing Cities for Young and Old by John Lorinc published in The Atlantic Jan 18, 2012
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The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has a Health Community Design 101 slideshow for individuals and communities who want to learn more about how the physical design of communities can affect our physical and mental health. You are invited by the site to give your own healthy community design presentation with this ready-made template. The presentation […]
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Retail settings such as grocery stores can sometimes be designed in ways that are not aging-friendly. The National Public Radio (NPR) story by Ashley Milne-Tyte from May 10, 2011, Making Stores Senior-Friendly, addresses the issue of making stores more senior-friendly.
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The Centers for Disease Control – Healthy Aging Research Network (CDC-HAN) has launched an Environmental Policy and Change (EPC) Clearinghouse. The EPC Clearinghouse is valuable resource for communities desiring to create environments that promote healthy aging. The EPC Clearinghouse is a searchable database of online resources including more than 130 tools, best practices, case studies, […]
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In Sept. 2010 a study released by the MetLife Mature Market Institute, “The MetLife Report on Aging in Place 2.0: Rethinking Solutions to the Home Care Challenge,” reported that communities, government, and the public and private sectors will need to make major changes to accommodate older Americans’ desires to remain in their homes. The age […]
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You are invited to view a recording from the La Crosse, WI Live Case Study. Source: Collaboration Cafe, Community Case Studies, Creating Aging-Friendly Communities CoP (Community of Practice).
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