n4a and Partners for Livable Communities-Aging in Place Initiative

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n4a and Partners for Livable Communities (PLC) have launched a joint initiative to work with cities and counties over an 18-month period to facilitate a community dialogue on "aging in place," and to assist community leaders in developing an action plan to ensure programs and services are in place so that communities are good places to grow old. The overall objective of the Aging in Place Initiative is to assist communities to improve their livability for older persons and in turn, increase livability for all people.

Each community will select its own banner issue to promote the concept of aging in place from the broad range of programs and services needed to assist older adults as they age in place including issues related to community planning, housing, transportation, public safety, education/life long learning, workforce development, and retirement planning, among others.

n4a and PLC staff will provide technical assistance to:

• help each community's advisory committee
• formulate a customized aging in place blueprint and put it into action
• develop a peer network of leaders to take up the challenge of aging in place

Upcoming Event:
2006 Ithaca College Gerontology Institute Fall Conference
LIVABLE COMMUNITIES and AGING: General Principles and Practical Applications
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Hilton Garden Inn - Ithaca, NY
http://www.ithaca.edu/agingconference

18-month Detailed Work Program and Flow Chart
The Community Work Program outlines the steps each community will take in order to strengthen their title as an elderly-friendly community. The plan delineates technical assistance, strategies to implement plans, community projects and a long-term gameplan.
[Work Program]  -  [Flow Chart]

Agencies interested in learning more about the initiative should contact Sandy Markwood with n4a (smarkwood@n4a.org) or Robert McNulty with PLC (bmcnulty@livable.com).