Aging-friendly communities are generally inclusive, sustainable and healthy. They have many other characteristics as well. Some of these characteristics include being accessible, interdependent and engaged.
Take this brief Aging-Friendly Community Characteristics survey on-line to tell us about where you live. Or you can survey multiple people in your community using this paper version of the survey (4 pages). The survey focuses on several areas of community living that affect the quality of life of all residents of a community: In 2013 an academic article […]
Aging-friendly communities generally have one or more of the six characteristics listed below.1 INCLUSIVE: People of all ages, races/ethnicities, and abilities, especially elders, are welcome. SUSTAINABLE: Residents are committed to a lifestyle that is sustainable environmentally, economically, and socially. Size matters. People need to know each other, and scale determines the nature of human interaction. Small is […]
When you think about aging, what comes to mind? We often find ourselves falling into stereotyped was of thinking that connect aging with frailty and loss. Aging, however, is a normal, natural part of life – we are all aging every day! Although we are at greater risk of health conditions as we age, we […]
Aging-friendly communities are generally inclusive, sustainable and healthy. They have many other characteristics as well.
