In 2008, the Sierra Health Foundation joined the Helen Andrus Benedict Foundation, MetLife Foundation and The California Endowment in support of an online conference offered by the Friendly Communities Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services at the University of California at Berkeley. This unique conference series was designed to support individuals and organizations nationwide […]
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UC Berkeley’s Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services and Community Strengths host a website on Creating Aging Friendly Communities. You can join a free resource network that includes a weekly online discussion, and interactive, online tools to learn and build capacity for change. It also affords access to the “Collaboration Cafe” where you can interact […]
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Re-creating Neighborhoods for Successful Aging was awarded a National Mature Media Award. Edited by Pauline S. Abbott, Nancy Carman, Jack Carman, and Bob Scarfo. Positive reviews are on the Health Progress website. Synopsis: The aging of the U.S. population and the rising average life span are transforming current perspectives on growing older, retirement, and senior living […]
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In May 2007, the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging (in collaboration with the MetLife Foundation) published a guide designed to help communities build the collaborations needed to create aging-friendly communities. This guide, “A Blueprint for Action: Developing a Livable Community for All Ages”, can be accessed online on the Aging In Place Initiative […]
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The 47-page document (Word format) addresses 10 categories of “elder-friendly” communities. Each section of the document includes questions to help direct community discussion and information gathering plus supportive information.
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This report, the fifth in AARP’s “Beyond 50” series , presents a new agenda for examining, building and retrofitting our communities to support successful aging. Specifically, it… explores how people age 50 and older can continue to be independent and able to exercise choice and control in ways that are beneficial to and affordable for them […]
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The University of Minnesota has released its latest version of Implications. This issue of Implications examines the strategies the Twin Cities and Vancouver metropolitan areas have used to make their communities more age-friendly. Similarities and differences between the two approaches and the overall importance of designing communities with consideration of the aging population are discussed.
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