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Collaborative partnership in age-friendly cities
— two case studies from Quebec, Canada | | Author(s) | Suzanne Garon, Mario Paris, Marie Beaulieu |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Social Policy, vol 26, nos 1-2, January-June 2014 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, January-June 2014 |
| Pages | pp 73-87 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Urban areas ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Development projects ; Coordination ; Case studies ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Based on a community-building approach that emphasizes collaborative partnership, the age-friendly cities (AFC) in Quebec (AFC-QC), Canada (AFC-QC) implementation process is divided into three steps: (1) social diagnostic of older adults' needs; (2) an action plan based on a logic model; and (3) implementation through collaborations. AFC-QC promotes direct involvement of older adults and seniors' associations at each of the three steps of the implementation process, as well as other stakeholders in the community. This article uses two contrasting case studies to illustrate the importance of collaborative partnership for the success of AFC implementation. Results show that stakeholders, agencies, and organisations are exposed to a new form of governance where coordination and collaborative partnership among members of the steering committee are essential. Furthermore, despite the importance of the senior associations' participation in the process, they encountered significant limits in the capacity of implementing age-friendly environments solely by themselves. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150529216 A |
| Classmark | RK: TOB: IGD: QAJ: 69P: 7S |
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