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

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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

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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

rfinkelstein@nyam.org

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