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>> A Blueprint for Action: Developing Livable Communities for All Ages (Partners for Livable Communities report, coming Winter 2006). A Blueprint for Action offers a toolkit for community leaders to facilitate discussion, assessment and action. Partners for Livable Communities. Contact: jbulluck@livable.com.
The tools include:
- Community engagement strategies
- A self-assessment guide
- Innovations in housing options, economic development, support systems for the vulnerable and other key issues
>> Frequently Asked Questions [PDF, 119 KB] (Partners for Livable Communities) Answers to many common questions about the issues, challenges, solutions, and resources available regarding Aging in Place.
>> Livable Communities and Aging in Place: Developing an Elder-Friendly Community [PDF, 1 MB] (Elli Dalrymple, Partners for Livable Communities, 2005). This paper serves to briefly examine the problems of appropriate housing, transportation, health care, delivery and supportive services for older persons, which will intensify as one in five, or 80 million Americans will be considered "older" by 2050. This unprecedented demand on health, social services and housing accommodations is a unique opportunity that the nation must recognize and begin to address.
>> Making Communities More Livable for Older Adults (Partners for Livable Communities, 2005). This guide provides an overview of the key challenges to Aging in Place, including auto-dependent land use patterns and lack of coordination between health and housing policy. The final section summarizes a wide range of best practices for coordinating housing services, offering educational enrichment, and other key priorities. Ordering information.
>> Work Program and Program Layout [PDF, 132 KB] (Partners for Livable Communities) The program is an 18-month community engagement process to assist communities to improve their livability for older persons and in turn, increase livability for all people. At the end of these 18 months your community will have:
- Increased awareness of the opportunities the approaching aging demographic offers,
- Engaged a team of local powerful stakeholders to address aging issues,
- Launched a demonstration project that illustrates your objectives,
- Developed a five-year game plan for an elder-friendly community.
>> The Maturing of America: Getting Communities on Track for an Aging Population
(National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, 2006) [PDF, 2.33 MB]
Begun in November of 2005, this survey (made possible by a grant from MetLife Foundation) was released in September 2006, and represents a major effort to chart the ability of communities across America to meet the needs and help realize the aspirations of an aging population.
>> Best Practices: Lessons for Communities in Supporting the Health, Well-Being, and Independence of Older People [PDF, 569 KB] (From the Center for Home Care Policy and Research, Visiting Nurse Service of New York.) This publication profiles 17 innovative community collaborations focused on Aging in Place. The best practices include partnerships between housing and service providers, coordination between transportation services, and community development approaches that empower older residents. Critical to all successful efforts is early engagement of the right mix of stakeholders and identification of a suitable lead agency. (June 2003)
>> A Toolkit for Local Governments [PDF, 1.4 MB] by M. Scott Ball.
This collaborative project of the Atlanta Regional Commission and the Community Housing Resource Center offers a set of strategies to help local governments address interrelated challenges in healthcare, housing, and land use. These include more flexible zoning codes to enable mixed-use communities where services are more accessible to older residents, and coordination between housing agencies and service providers.
>> Livable Communities: An Evaluation Guide [PDF, 4.4 MB] (Prepared for the AARP Public Policy Institute by the Herberger Center for Design Excellence, Arizona State University, 2005). This update of an earlier AARP publication on livable communities provides a set of surveys that citizens can use to assess their communities for housing, transportation, health services, and other key components of Aging in Place. An introduction offers advice on forming community teams to translate assessment results into action.
>> Aging and Smart Growth: Building Aging-Sensitive Communities [PDF, 409 KB] by Deborah Howe (December 2001). This paper, commissioned by the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities, examines the intersection between land use patterns and the challenges to older person mobility and independent living. The paper offers examples of state and local planning processes that integrate the needs and priorities of older persons, and summarizes specific housing solutions such as accessory dwelling units.
>> Safe Mobility for a Maturing Society: Challenges and Opportunities [PDF, 298 KB] (from the US Department of Transportation, November 2003). A result of numerous forums engaging transportation experts, aging advocates and other stakeholders, this report offers seven recommendations for improving older person mobility, including improvements to the driving environment and public transportation.
B] A tip sheet from NeighborWorks discussing financial options for older persons in retirement through reverse mortgages that allow them to stay in their homes.
>> Challenges to Seniors’ Maintaining Safe Housing, Good Health and Independence
— Lessons Learned in the NeighborWorks Network [PDF, 62 KB]
NeighborWorks America (August 2002)
>> Case Studies from the NeighborWorks Network [PDF, 56 KB]
NeighborWorks America (August 2002)
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