Age-friendly Communities

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Age-friendly Communities March 19th 2014 Alan
Hatton-Yeo The Beth Johnson Foundation
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WHO Age-friendly City domains

• Social participation
• Respect and social inclusion
• Civic participation and employment
• Housing
• Transportation
• Outdoor spaces and public buildings
• Community support and health services
• Communication and information

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Age Friendly Europe

• EY 2012 European Year of Active Ageing and
  intergenerational Solidarity
• Age-Platform Manifesto Age-Friendly Europe by
  2020
• European Innovation Platform on Healthy Ageing D4
  Action Group
• Launch European Network for Age-Friendly
  Environments
• Erasmus
• Horizon 2020

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UK Urban Ageing Consortium launched July 2012 UK
Age Friendly City Network launched September
2012, Includes Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff and
Belfast Formally affiliated to the WHO Global
Network of Age Friendly Cities and Communities
2013 Learning Network with strong research and
evidence basis for more Information go to
www.bjf.org.uk/age-friendly
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• National Ageing-Well Programme
• European Innovation Partnership on Healthy Ageing
  Reference Site Status
• Strategy for Older People 2013 - 2014
• Structured on 5 core themes and based at the
  office of the Older Peoples Commissioner for Wales

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• Age Friendly Communities Thematic Network
• Dublin Declaration and Commitments all Local
  Authorities to sign formally
• WHO recognition in 2014 All Age-Friendly Wales
• Importance of Europe

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• Creating age-friendly communities goes beyond
  active and positive living and health needs,
  public health outcomes and the persistence of
  health inequalities. Through the adoption of an
  age-friendly approach to planning and decision
  making in all areas of public life, we are
  actively creating an environment that facilitates
  citizens social engagement regardless of their
  age.
• It may have been well-meaning, but we now talk
  and think about maternal health, child health,
  old peoples health, this artificial
  compartmentalization marginalises older people.
  By making us think about how we all link to each
  other, regardless of our age, age-friendly
  communities show us a different, more connected,
  future. (Beard quoted by Parry 2010)

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