Discourse on communities and aging traditionally has focused on the availability,
accessibility, and quality of local services to support older adults in need of assistance. More …

The rise of the age-friendly community (AFC) movement is a response to the challenges of
global aging. As a matter of economic policy, the aging of world's population has heightened …

An age-friendly city and community is one in which policies, services, and structures related
to the physical and social environment are designed to support and enable older people to …

The supportive role of urban spaces in active aging is explored on a world scale in this
unique resource, using the WHO's Age-Friendly Cities and Community model. Case studies …

Because many communities where older people live were not designed for their needs,
older residents may require support to remain in the least restrictive environment.'Age …

Aging successfully depends not only on the behaviours of individual seniors, but also on the
quality of the places where they live and receive care; The age-friendly-communities …

One decade ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) founded its Global Network for Age-
Friendly Cities and Communities (WHO, 2018). The launch of the network followed WHO …

On the political and policy front, interest has increased in making communities more “age-
friendly”, an ongoing trend since the World Health Organization launched its global Age …

Developing what has been termed “age-friendly” cities and communities is now a significant
theme in public policy (Fitzgerald & Caro, 2014; New York Academy of Medicine, 2008; …

The literature on age-friendly communities is predominantly focused on a model of urban
aging, thereby failing to reflect the diversity of rural communities. In this article, we address …