The World Health Organization (WHO)'s Age-Friendly Community (AFC) initiative has gained worldwide momentum. Yet, measures have not been validated in regions with various levels of socio-economic development. This article used a nationally representative dataset in China to (a) analyze community-...
To promote healthy, active aging, the age-friendly community initiative has evolved in Canada, Spain, Brazil and Australia, among other countries. An age-friendly community provides accessible and inclusive built and social environments where older adults can enjoy good health, participate actively and...
Greenfield, E.A., M. Oberlink, A.E. Scharlach, M.B. Neal, and P.B. Stafford. 2015. Age-friendly community initiatives: Conceptual issues and key questions.The Gerontologist55: 191–198. ArticleGoogle Scholar Green, G. 2013. Age-friendly cities of Europe.Journal of Urban Health90: 116...
A variety of definitions of what constitutes an “age-friendly” (or elder-friendly) community have been proposed over the past decade. Common to all definitions is that factors that span the physical and social environment impact older adults’ lives and are important to consider (Lui et al.2...
The City and County of Los Angeles Age〧riendly Cities initiative, Purposeful Aging Los Angeles (PALA), 2017 needs assessment included an online survey of the workforce expected to implement age friendly policies and programs. The aim of this study was to describe the rate and characteristics of...
Age-Friendly Communities in Canada: Community Implementation Guide and Toolbox - Aging and Seniors - Public Health Agency of Canada Assists communities to start up, implement and evaluate their age-friendly initiative. Government of Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, Division of Aging and Senio...
Age-friendly cities and communities (AFC) is an international movement initiated by the World Health Organization in response to simultaneous patterns of global aging and urbanization. A key aspect of AFC is a commitment to a cycle of continual improvement that addresses key aspects of the ...
E Russell,MW Skinner,A Colibaba - 《Journal of Rural & Community Development》 被引量: 0发表: 2021年 Age-Friendly Initiatives at Arizona State University: Building Transformative Learning Systems for All The AFU global initiative begin with a collaborative agreement by Arizona State University (ASU...
‘age-friendly’ state as a pilot age-friendly initiative in India. Kerala’s demographic transition from a state with high mortality and high fertility to one with a low count in both of these outpaces that of the rest of the country by 25 years according to Kerala Development Report of ...
The term “age-friendly” was coined in 2006 by the World Health Organization as they launched the Age-Friendly Cities initiative, and since that time, there have been a series of initiatives using the term to reflect special programming and measures that can be identified in each. In this ...