Interactive Online Learning Initiative for Healthy Aging

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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Structural Barriers to Developing ‘Aging-Friendly’ Communities

A 2007 issue of the Public Policy & Aging Report (vol. 17, pgs. 15-20) included an article by Chun Lehning and Andrew Scharlach, “Structural Barriers to Developing‘Aging-Friendly’ Communities.” The article describes two structural barriers to developing ‘aging-friendly’ communities. The first type involves policies that have evolved over the past century, resulting in structural barriers to […]

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A State Survey of Livability Policies and Practices

The AARP Public Policy Institute recently published a report entitled, Aging in Place: A State Survey of Livability Policies and Practices.  The policies and practices mentioned in the report include integrating land use, housing and transportation; efficiently delivering services in the home; providing more transportation choices, particularly for older adults who no longer drive; and […]

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Aging in Place – Stuck Without Options

By 2015, more than 15.5 million Americans 65 and older will live in communities where public transportation service is poor or non-existent. That number is expected to continue to grow rapidly as the baby boom generation “ages in place” in suburbs and exurbs with few mobility options for those who do not drive. Aging in […]

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Professor Andrew Scharlach – UC-Berkeley

Professor Andrew Scharlach – Director of the Center for Advanced Study of Aging Services at the University of California-Berkeley, is a well-known expert on creating aging-friendly communities. Watch a video clip Professor Scharlach discussing the ways in which society can better accommodate its growing number of senior citizens.

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Planning Complete Streets for an Aging America

In May 2009 the AARP Public Policy Institute published a report entitled, “Planning Complete Streets for an Aging America”. This report is a good resource for communities desiring to increase the safety and travel options for older adults. Despite the oncoming stream of older boomers, over two-thirds of transportation planners and engineers have not begun to consider the needs of […]

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