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 …

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 …

Developing what has been termed “age-friendly” communities has become a significant
issue for social policy, embracing questions ranging across urban as well as rural …

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 …

To promote healthy, active aging, the age-friendly community initiative has evolved in
Canada, Spain, Brazil and Australia, among other countries. An age-friendly community …

Since the early 2000s, a global age-friendly movement has emerged with aspirations to
make environments and systems within localities more supportive of long and healthy lives …

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 Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Guide was released by the World Health
Organization over a decade ago with the aim of creating environments that support healthy …

The number of older adults is increasing rapidly, and this demographic shift places an
increased level of strain and tension on the various international healthcare and welfare …

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 …