Age-friendly Environments John Beard

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5 |5 | How to turn dependency into a dividend Prevent chronic disease and promote health across the life course Provide appropriate health care Create physical, social and economic environments that foster social engagement

Kilkenny |6 | Age-Friendly Cities (Environments) Urban environments that promote active and healthy ageing

Kilkenny |7 | Outdoor space & buildingsTransportationCommunication & informationHousing Respect & social inclusionSocial participation Civic participation & employment Community support & health services Domains of city life

Kilkenny |8 | 1. Joining the network -Involve older people -Baseline assessment of age-friendliness -Develop action plan -Identify indicators 2. Implementation -Implement action plan -Monitor indicators 3. Evaluate progress and continual improvement -Measure progress -Identify successes and remaining gaps -Develop new action plan Ongoing 5 year cycles WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities Years 1-2Years 3-5 External Review

Kilkenny |9 | Geneva – Public Spaces and Buildings Increase benches in streets and parks Improve footpaths and lighting

Kilkenny | Age-friendly Geneva – Public Spaces and Buildings Increase benches in streets and parks –New benches 165 –Benches replaced or repaired 232 Improve footpaths and lighting –Enlarged 27 –Renovated 24 –Other improvements 90 –New lighting 26

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Kilkenny | Age-friendly New York City –findings Respect and social inclusion –'I was raised in Manhattan, and they took care of you back then'; –Everything is about youth'; –I don't feel secure. I feel vulnerable. If someone runs into me I will go flying and no one will pick me up' Information and communication –'Give me a person to talk to…….(not an automated telephone system)' –'We don't know where to go' Public spaces –'There used to be a space where we could just rest and sit together' –'We need more benches people can grab on to as they walk down the street' –'I age every time I have to cross the street' –(Toilets)

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