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Journal paper: Abstract: This paper explores the intersection of the World Health Organization's (WHO) concepts of age-friendly communities and The Blue Zones?checklists and how the potential of integrating the two frameworks for the development of a contemporary framework can address the current gaps in the literature as well as consider the inclusion of technology and environmental press. The commentary presented here sets out initial thoughts and explorations that have the potential to impact societies on a global scale and provides recommendations for a roadmap to consider new ways to think about the impact of health and wellbeing of older adults and their families. Additionally, this paper highlights both the strengths and the weaknesses of the aforementioned checklists and frameworks by examining the literature including the WHO age-friendly framework, the smart age-friendly ecosystem (SAfE) framework and the Blue Zones?checklists. We argue that gaps exist in the current literature and take a critical approach as a way to be inclusive of technology and the environments in which older adults live. This commentary contributes to the fields of gerontology, gerontechnology, anthropology, and geography, because we are proposing a roadmap which sets out the need for future work which requires multi- and interdisciplinary research to be conducted for the respective checklists to evolve.
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Website provides resources, guidance and links to other sources of information to support people to live well as they age. It presents a set of informations on new and existing homes, grants and funding, healthcare, design information, technology, public realm, regulations, policy and research.
Read MoreAge Friendly Informative Project Support
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Age Friendly Informative Project Support
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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.
Read MoreAge Friendly Project and Training Design Consultancy
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Age Friendly Training for Businesses and Individuals who provide services to elderly population
Read MoreAge-friendly Cities and Communities Questionnaire (AFCCQ)
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23 questions to measure how older adults perceive the age-friendliness of their city
Read MoreAge-Friendly Educational Webinars - IFA / WHO
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Age-friendly environments is a global emerging trend attracting the interest of all levels of governments, industry, NGOs and academia. As this trend continues to grow, knowledge translation remains just as important as knowledge creation. For this reason, the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) is pleased to host a series of webinars on trends and themes relating to age-friendly environments.
Read MoreAge-friendly environments in higher education institutions
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Age-Friendly University (AFU) Global Network promotes age-friendly environments in higher education institutions
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