Aging within a livable city is where the current streams of think tank work in happening within the Philips Center intersect – how do you age healthily – and how do you manage that in a city that has a good quality of life? Can cities help ensure a positive aging experience?
We’ve seen that the WHO launched a Global Network of Age-friendly Cities (http://bit.ly/a78mNv), an initiative designed to help cities create urban environments that allow older people to remain active and healthy participants in society. Their checklist shows some (perhaps obvious but easily ignored?) solutions for creating an age-friendly community - they confirm the importance for seniors of access to public transport if they have limited mobility, right to use to comfortable outdoor spaces as well as the need for appropriate and well-designed housing (for example, one floor with no step up into the shower), community support (isolation being a big concern as you age) and health services that extend outside the hospital into the community or home.
A big topic –and one to be continued...
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