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Organised by:

Malaysian Healthy Ageing Society

Co-Sponsored:

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A Life Course Approach to the Health of

Ageing Populations

Health Promotion across the life course

Primary Health Care and Long Term Care

Age-friendly Environments

Rethinking ageing

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Outdoor space &

buildings Transportation

Communication &

information Housing

Respect & social

inclusion Social participation

Civic participation &

employment

Community support

& health services

The idea of an age-friendly city

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1. Joining the network

-Involve older people

-Baseline assessment

of age-friendliness

-Develop action plan

-Identify indicators

2. Implementation

-Implement action

plan

-Monitor indicators

3. Evaluate progress and

continual improvement

-Measure progress

-Identify successes and

remaining gaps

-Develop new action plan

Ongoing 5

year cycles

Years 1-2

Years 3-5 External Review External Review

WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities

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Affiliated National Programmes

– Canada/Quebec, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, France, Slovenia,

Bashkortostan

Individual Cities

– Include New York Philidelphia, Montreal, Manchester,

Brussels, Dijon, Qiqihaer, Canberra, La Plata

WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities

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The WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities - the

age-friendly city as a goal, not a place

WHO Global Network of Age-friendly Cities

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School buses

Age-friendly businesses

Seniors centers

Simple ideas from New York

New York – a City for All Ages http://www.agefriendlynyc.org

Safe Streets for Seniors - Early Action

Seniors given more

time to cross the

major street at 26 of

the 43 intersections

Streetscape 1

Streetscape 1

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Beyond gerontology – Urban design, Architecture, Design, ICT, Educators

Beyond cities

Towards Social Justice

New issues – Lifelong learning

– Sustainability

– Connectivity to the world

– Intergenerational connectivity

– Culture

Communities of practice

The Limitless Future