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| Conceptualizing age-friendly communities | | Author(s) | Verena H Menec, Robin Means, Norah Keating, Graham Parkhurst, Jacquie Eales |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 30, no 3, September 2011 |
| Pages | pp 479-493 |
| Source | www.journals.cambridge.org/cjg |
| Keywords | Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Physical environment ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Well being ; Theory. |
| Annotation | On the political and policy front, interest has increased in making communities more "age-friendly", an ongoing trend since the World Health Organization (WHO) launched its global Age-Friendly Cities project. The authors conceptualise age-friendly communities, by building on the WHO framework and applying an ecological perspective. They thereby aim to make explicit key assumptions of the interplay between the person and the environment, to advance research or policy decisions in this area. Ecological premises (i.e. there must be a fit between the older adult and environmental conditions) suggest the need for a holistic and interdisciplinary research approach. Such an approach is needed, because age-friendly domains (the physical environment, housing, the social environment, opportunities for participation, informal and formal community supports and health services, transport, communication and information) cannot be treated in isolation from intra-personal factors, such as age, gender, income and functional status, and other levels of influence, including the policy environment. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-161117002 A |
| Classmark | RH: R: TOB: D:F:5HH: 4D |
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