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Creating lifelong communities — one region's response to the opportunity of longevity
Author(s)	Kathryn Lawler, Cathie Berger
Journal title	Public Policy & Aging Report, vol 19, no 1, Winter 2009
Publisher	National Academy on an Aging Society, Winter 2009
Pages	pp 9-14
Source	http://www.agingsociety.org
Keywords	Longevity ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Services ; Health services ; Projects ; United States of America.
Annotation	Getting to grow older is the great gift of the 20th century, but most Americans are still working out how to enjoy this gift. In 1900, life expectancy at birth was only 47.3 years. Through a series of advances in public health, and social policy and programmes, US life expectancy is now in the late seventies for men and early eighties for women. More than just an interesting statistic and occurring over a relatively short period of time, this dramatic change creates challenges and opportunities in all aspects of society. For the most part, the country's health care and social services systems and housing and transport infrastructure are dashing to catch up. This article looks at the Lifelong Communities Initiative and the Lifelong Communities Charrette (an intensive design workshop for all stakeholders) that have been developed by the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) in Georgia. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-090618209 A
Classmark	BGA: RH: I: L: 3E: 7T
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