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| A web-based approach for helping communities become more "aging friendly" | | Author(s) | Amanda J Lehning, Andrew E Scharlach, Teresa S Dal Santo |
| Journal title | Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 29, no 4, August 2010 |
| Pages | pp 415-433 |
| Source | http://jag.sagepub.com DOI: 10.1177/0733464809340156 |
| Keywords | Adult Education ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Information technology ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This article describes an online conference and supporting Website designed to help communities become better places in which to age. The "Creating Aging-Friendly Communities" online conference was designed to capture the emerging knowledge being accumulated by researchers, advocacy groups, grassroots organisations and local governments across the United States, and make it available to others who were interested in learning what they could do to make their communities more ageing friendly. The article begins with a brief overview of the concept of "ageing-friendliness", followed by evidence regarding the effectiveness of online modalities as mechanisms for knowledge dissemination. It then describes the innovative conference format, examining the extent to which the conference goals were achieved. The article concludes with implications for online learning modalities in general and efforts to foster ageing-friendly communities in particular. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-101012008 A |
| Classmark | GP: RH: TOB: UVB: 7T |
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