Category:
User Experience
Net4Age Ontology Terms:
acceptance
, aging
, autonomy
, citizen
, city
, community
, design
, education
, inclusion
, neighbor
, participation
, people
, place
, policy maker
, usability
, wellbeing
Description:
Age Friendly Ireland is an organisation responsible for the national Age Friendly Programme, affiliated to the WHO Global Network of Age Friendly Cities & Community. The programme involves a multiagency, multi-sectoral approach to age-related planning and service provision. Age Friendly Ireland supports cities and counties to be more inclusive of older people by addressing their expressed concerns and interests under the eight pillars of the World Health Organization's global programme with city and county based stakeholders making commitments to shared action plans addressing pillars spanning housing, our health services, built environment, transport and employment.
Overview:
Age Friendly Ireland is the organisation responsible for the national Age Friendly Programme, affiliated to the World Health Organization's [WHO] Global Network of Age Friendly Cities and Communities. The programme involves a multiagency, multi-sectoral approach to age-related planning and service provision. The shared service centre supports a network of 31 local Age Friendly Programmes which are led by local authorities and which involve many stakeholders from other public bodies, universities, community/voluntary and private sector partners. The shared service supports a number of strategic national structures and provides technical guidance to its networks.
Objectives:
Age Friendly Ireland supports cities and counties to be more inclusive of older people by addressing their expressed concerns and interests under the eight pillars of the World Health Organization's global programme. The programme has a strong focus on creating walkable, attractive and accessible communities and age-friendly spaces. By introducing actions to address participation and inequality it is intended that people of all ages will be supported to enjoy healthier, more active and connected lives.
Initiatives:
Provides links to different age friendly initiatives and news that can be viewed at a national and regional levels. Provides newsletter updating age friendly news. Provides testimonials from organisations about what they have learned from becoming age-friendly and businesses can apply to be recognised as being age friendly.
Shortcomings:
There are some gaps in the provision of information/resources 'Coming Shortly'. This includes plans to hear from older people and then to respond. These sections need to be populated and would be useful if planned timeline was provided.
Relevance:
5
Relevance Description:
Information for older people as well as organisations in how to make themselves age friendly.
Quality:
3
Opinion:
Website in an accessible easy to navigate outlay - will be better when all sections are populated.
Recommended:
Yes
Overlap:
No
Overlap Detail:
Sources:
https://agefriendlyireland.ie/
Keywords:
age-related planning and service provision,
Submitted By:
Helen Kelly
Email:
helen.kelly@ucc.ie