Creating Aging-Friendly Communities

Together making our communities more aging-friendly

The Creating Aging-Friendly Communities online conference was held February/March 2008 and brought together top experts in aging and community development with individuals and organizations working to make their communities more aging-friendly.

This site makes many of these presentations available to the public, for free. There are nearly 30 presentations now available that we invite you to view by clicking on the presentation title.

• Week One Presentations -
     Unique Characteristics of Aging-Friendly Communities
• Week Two Presentations -
      Strategies to Create More Aging-Friendly Communities
• Week Three Presentations -
      Best Practice Models - How We Can All Work Together

Cities and towns throughout the United States are aging rapidly, with the senior population due to double in the next 25 years; yet, most communities are ill-prepared. Creating Aging-Friendly Communities is a unique online resource focusing on proven strategies for helping communities respond effectively to the aging of their populations.

	We invite you to join the Creating Aging-Friendly Communities - CoP (Community of Practice) offering online technical assistance for communities working to become more aging-friendly. Click here to register!
The CoP runs from May - November 2008 and features: expert and peer-to-peer technical assistance expert panel speakers community case studies online tools and resources ongoing networking and discussion For more information, click the Community of Practice menu button.

Join Us for Live Monthly Presentations:

Dialogue & Inquiry: Tools for Engagement, Assessment, and Development of Generative Solutions

July 17 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern

David Cooperrider and Nancy Marguiles will share how diverse stakeholder communities can use Appreciative Inquiry, the World Café and other inquiry and dialogue models to transform seemingly intractable problems into opportunities to co-create innovative solutions for generating an aging-friendly future.

If you are not a member of the Community of Practice
click here to register for this presentation.

Participate from your Computer!
All you need to participate is a web browser and an Internet connection.

• Learn what you can do to help your community become more aging-friendly
• Receive practical tips, models, tools and training materials
• Discover additional resources to make your community more aging-friendly

	Creating Aging-Friendly Communities is hosted by:
UC Berkeley's Center for the Advanced Study of Aging Services and Community Strengths with support and consultation from our technical partner iCohere, Inc.