| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
| Does the village model help to foster age-friendly communities? | | Author(s) | Andrew E Scharlach, Joan K Davitt, Amanda J Lehning |
| 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 181-196 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Urban areas ; Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In the United States, the village model is a social initiative that emphasises member involvement and service access, in helping communities to become more age-friendly. A survey of 86.3% of operational Villages explored their potential role, and examined activities designed to help members access a variety of supports and services consistent with the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities programme model, as well as other potential contributions to community age friendliness. Analysis revealed that 85.5% of Villages provided assistance with at least six of the eight WHO domains, but only 10.1% implemented features of all eight. More than one-third were engaged in direct or indirect efforts to improve community physical or social infrastructures, or to improve community attitudes toward older people. These findings suggest that Villages and other social organisations may have untapped potential for enhancing their members' ability to age in place that are consistent with the goals of age-friendly initiatives. while also promoting constructive changes in the overall community. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150529223 A |
| Classmark | RK: RH: TOB: 7T |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|