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| Age-friendly cities | | Author(s) | Margaret Gillis |
| Journal title | Generations Review, vol 16, no 3/4, September 2006 |
| Pages | pp 27-29 |
| Source | (Editorial e-mail address) gr@ageing.ox.ac.uk |
| Keywords | Urban areas ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Projects ; Canada ; Conference proceedings. |
| Annotation | Canada's Public Health Agency has been working in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners to develop a global initiative that will prepare cities to be "age-friendly" for the baby boom generation. This is in line with the WHO's active ageing approach of "optimising opportunities for health, participation and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age". The author describes the work being done in two small cities which volunteered to participate: Portage la Prairie, the third largest city in Manitoba; and Saanich, on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia. The Public Health Agency is considering adapting the age-friendly cities model to smaller communities and rural or remote areas. This is one of eleven papers from the International Federation on Ageing (IFA) 8th Global Conference in May 2006 in this final issue of Generations Review. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-060915210 A |
| Classmark | RK: TOB: 3E: 7S: 6M |
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