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Ms. Grace Chan
Chief Officer, The Hong Kong Council of Social Service, Hong Kong
29th May 2012
Hong Kong Council of Social Service
• HKCSS operates since 1947.
• HKCSS constitutes as an umbrella
organization of around 400 agency members,
that provide over 90% of the social welfare
services for those in need through their 3,000
service units all over Hong Kong.
2006 2007 2008 2009… 2005 2012
World Health Organization
Age friendly cities global
Project
22 Countries (33 Cities)
Develop WHO Age Friendly
Cities Guide
Age Friendly Hong Kong
Implementation starts
Vancovuer Protocol
HKCSS : Hong Kong Plan of Action on Ageing & Set up
Age Friendly Hong Kong Working Group
TIMELINES
Age Friendly Hong Kong
Phase II starts…
Our Sense:
Making Hong Kong age-friendly offers an
effective policy framework and community
building agenda in response to demographic
ageing.
There is a need to develop a community of
practice that embodies the unique Asian
culture and approach towards ageing or ageing
in place.
It is a synergy that stresses on tri-partite
partnership among the government,
businesses and the community.
Elderly Participation
Community conectiing
Building tri-partite partnership
Intergenerational cohesion
Mainstreaming Ageing:
Ensure Enabling and supportive environments
Targets
Promote public understanding on Age-Friendly HK.
With the participation of elders and stakeholders, foster
solution to improve the lives of older people.
Exchange of information and dissemination of best
practices.
Age-Friendly Hong Kong
Steering Committee
Task Force on Expert Group and
Alliance Building
Task Force on Social
Impact Assessment
and Evidence
based study
Task Force on
Capacity Building
and Good Practice Sharing
Task Force on
Promotion Strategy and Appreciation
scheme
Verify
Highlights
• Older People Platforms - cover 13 out of 18 districts
in Hong Kong.
Older People Platform
Transportation
Project with School of Design of the HK Polytechnic University.
Handrail
Enlarge
Age-friendly design
Handrail
!!!!!!
Handrail and
steps
Friendly -reminder
!!!!!
Color
change
Too Small!!
Signal
Location
Show up…
Design
…
[The Sun]
2010-07-18
A14 Hong Kong
News
Outdoor Space
Improved
Improved
Highlights
• Resources Bank and Knowledge Hub on AFHK
…….Coming up :
Age-friendly Hong Kong Charter
Target: Dec 2012
Framework of AFHK Index (Trend study)
Target: Dec 2012
•一致讚許公園內設有戶外個人儲物設施架 Set up Elderly Platform
Community Audit
Prepare for public education
9-12/2010每區均展開『長者眼中的分區友善設 Peer Education and Opinion Survey
Peer Sharing and Conducting Survey
Collection of feedback and Opinion Survey
86 years old man sharing in a Conference
Highlights
• Age-Friendly Hong Kong Appreciation Scheme
(since 2010 and it is by nomination)
…….Coming up :
Age-friendly Business Circle
Target: Nov 2012
Age Friendly Hong Kong Appreciation Scheme
Age-friendly Business: CSR Pulse-The
Corporate Social Responsibility in age friendly.
Hong Kong 2011
Age-friendly Transportation: Diamond Cab 2011, Hong Kong
Age-Friendly County: Kildare County Strategy, Dublin
Age-Friendly Health Service: Mobile Integrative Health Centre,
Hong Kong
Enhance the road environment
Conduct a road safety inventory to check road safety features,ref lecting age-friendly principles.
Appoint a seniors representative to Council’s Road Safety Advisory Committee.
Maintain roads in good condit ion - repaint edge lines and reduce visual clutter.
Enhance the design of roads - dedicated left-turn lanes and signals, large,easy-to-read road signs,
regularly placed streetlights,central medians and raised ref lectors.
CO U N C I L A C T I O N O N A G E I N G
Council Cab Shared Transport Service (Council Cabs)
Brisbane City Council
In September 2001,Brisbane City Council launched Council Cab Shared Transport Service (Council
Cabs) to provide subsidised taxi transport to Brisbane residents who have diff iculty accessing public
transport.The service currently operates scheduled door-to-door share taxies to local shopping
precincts in more than 140 suburbs,at a cost to the passenger of between $1.00 to $2.50 per trip.
Research demonstrates that Council Cabs experience superior rates of satisfaction among users,
gaining high approval for destinations,frequency and the overall service. In addit ion,the operating
cost of Council Cabs indicate that the service is comparatively an
eff icient method of transporting people who are transport disadvantaged.
Council Cabs has proven itself to be a highly-valued mode of service
delivery that complements existing infrastructure,supports cit izenship
and fosters healthy ageing.
> http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/:STANDARD::pc=PC_1229
Opportunit ies for local government >AGE-FRI EN D LY BUI LT EN V I RON M EN T S> 15
Age-friendly Transportation: Council Cab Shared Transport
Service, Brisbane, Australia.
Age-friendly Campaigns: European Year for Active Ageing & Solidarity between Generations2012
Age friendly Employment Program: Staying on New Zealand, 2011
50+ age group
controls 77-80% wealth in
developed countries
responsible for more than 50% of consumer buying power
Age-friendly Supermarket:
Supermarket robot to help the older persons, Kyoto Japan, 2009
Age-friendly Leisure: low vision keyboard
Age- friendly Care: Hair dryer stand
Age-friendly Library: Seniors have a special place at the library;
furniture for seniors of all ages & large printed books.
Montclair Public Library, New Jersey, 2011
Highlights
• 10 AFHK short films produced by youngster and
creative media.
…..Coming up :
Young Children and Youth Course Curriculum
2013
Participation
Age-friendly New York City
Ruth Finkelstein, ScDThe New York Academy of Medicine, New York, New York, USA
City Information
Description of the Initiative
What is Working Well
Future Plans
Contact Information
Assessment Activities
Challenges
Growth of NYC's 65+ Population, 2005-2030
Source: NYC Department of City Planning
800,000
900,000
1,000,000
1,100,000
1,200,000
1,300,000
1,400,000
1,500,000
Nu
mb
er
of P
eo
ple
Total 65+ Population, NYC 922,358 931,650 982,397 1,055,860 1,205,237 1,352,375
2005 2010 2015 2020 2025 2030
• New York is home to more than 8.2 million people.
• In 2005, approximately 1.3 million New York residents were age 60 or older– Nearly half of older New Yorkers are members of an ethnic
minority group
– One quarter speak English “less than very well”
– Women outnumber men by nearly 3 to 2
– Rates of poverty, disability, and living alone are higher than national averages
– Fastest growing segments are also the poorest: women living alone, ethnic minorities, and those aged 75 and over
• Public-private partnership between the Mayor’s Office, the City Council, and The New York Academy of Medicine
• Multi-sectoral: business, health, academia, real estate, advocates, social service providers
• Guided by a steering committee comprised of representatives from City Departments of Aging and Health, the City
Council, academic institutions, service providers, and older adults
• Project staff includes older New Yorkers
• Focus groups with older New Yorkers using the WHO Vancouver protocol
• Fourteen community forums (almost 1,500 attendees)
• Seven expert roundtables on:
-- Business -- Health -- Transportation & outdoor space
-- Tenant rights -- Social services -- Housing development
-- Civic engagement
• Constituent feedback forms (>500)
• Review of secondary research
• Self-assessments of age-friendliness conducted by 22 City agencies
• Requests for information to collect policy proposals affecting older adults (20 received)
• Geographic Information systems mapping of neighborhood characteristics important to older adults in NYC
• A new paradigm of planning for older adults by
incorporating a vision of age-friendliness into planning
across all sectors has generated great enthusiasm
• Involvement of high-level government representatives
has raised the profile of the project and brought new
partners to the table
• Older New Yorkers want to be and are actively
involved in the process going forward
• New York City many strengths that can be build upon
and optimized to improve the lives of older people and
all New Yorkers.
• Being responsive to and mediating relationships
between government partners, advocates, and
other stakeholders
• Differentiating and coordinating the AFC NYC
project with narrower initiatives being made by the
City’s Department for the Aging
• Insuring that the perspectives of hard-to-reach older
New Yorkers are included (e.g., home-bound,
immigrants, socially isolated)
• Managing changing external factors, like the
economic downturn
• Release the report of our findings at a press conference with the participation of the Mayor’s Office, the City Council, the Steering Committee, and representatives from different sectors.
• Develop specific recommendations and action plans for improving the city within different sectors (health and social services, business, academic partners, other civil society)
• Convene a Summit to present recommendations and inaugurate the Commission for an Age-friendly New York
• Work with the Commission to coordinate the implementation of city-wide recommendations
• Provide support to local communities for neighborhood-level change efforts
Ruth Finkelstein, ScD
Vice-president for Health Policy
The New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10029 USA
212-822-7266
AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES IN MANITOBA
Report on Survey Findings
July 2008
Verena H. Menec, PhD
Claire M. Button, B.E.S.S.
Audrey A. Blandford, BA
Centre on Aging
University of Manitoba
Sustaining Age Friendly Communities for Senior Tenants: Toronto Community Housing‘s Seniors Implementation Framework 2008-2010
Item 9 December 8, 2008
To: Board of Directors Report TCHC:2008-149
From: Communities Committee CMP 3.2.1. Seniors Strategy
Date: November 21, 2008 Page 1 of 6
PURPOSE: To provide the Board of Directors with an update on how Toronto Community Housing will deliver services to senior tenants over the next two years. RECOMMENDATIONS: It is recommended that the Board of Directors:
(1) approve the report entitled Sustaining Age Friendly Communities for Senior Tenants: Toronto Community Housing’s Seniors Implementation Framework 2008-2010; and
(2) authorize the appropriate officials of the Corporation to take the necessary actions to give effect to the recommendation (1).
COMMUNITIES COMMITTEE COMMENTS: At its meeting on November 20, 2008, the Communities Committee received the report and recommended it be forwarded to the Board of Directors for approval. BACKGROUND: In July 2006, a high level Seniors’ Strategy, within the Community Health Framework was reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors. The Strategy identified the following over arching goal:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Advisory Council for the Elderly in Barcelona
After some years, they will grow old.
Student, she will be a senior in 50 years. She will respect seniors
by giving seat and helping in heavy bags.
Bus driver, he will be a senior in 20 years. He will start the bus
after they have settled down;
Doctor, he will be a senior in 15 years. He will active
communicating with older patient;
Handyman, he will be a senior in 10 years. He will use non-slip tile
& height-adjustable cabinet for senior;
Older volunteer. She is a senior. She will actively participate in
elder learning…
Aging -friendly does not necessarily
cost more money
instead.....
it implies shifting
mindset & rethinking
Thank You