Town of Riverview Seniors Roundtable AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN
In recognition of the changing demographics of its community. The Seniors Roundtable for The Town of Riverview, like other communities in New Brunswick and across Canada, has identified the need to initiate actions to support its aging population, consistent with The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of an age-friendly community as a place that has an inclusive and accessible environment that retains its population by promoting healthy active aging. To meet this goal, the Seniors Roundtable has established the "Age-Friendly Ad Hoc Committee" that is made up from the Seniors Roundtable members with the following mandate:
1. To engage with the residents of the Town of Riverview to identify means by which seniors can be assisted in living safe, healthy lives and participating fully in society.
2. To conduct an age-friendly assessment of the community which include a statistical profile of the Town, analysis of the towns support mechanisms for seniors living in the community and a summary of the assessment.
3. To provide recommendations to Council on how the Town of Riverview may improve upon services and offerings to community seniors to make their lives more safe, healthy, and involved/participatory while focusing on the feasibility of applying such measure through implementation of an action plan.
4. The following Age-Friendly Community Action Plan is organized using the World Health Organization (WHO) domains of age-friendly communities including Housing; Transportation; Outdoor Spaces and Buildings; Social Participation; Respect and Social Inclusion; Civic Participation and Employment; Communication and Information; Community Support and Health Services and policing and public safety. Each domain is presented with the following: - Objectives - Recommended actions based on community input. - Party(ies) responsible for action. Timelines for the actions, completed date, and other comments. For this action plan, a senior is considered 50 years of age and beyond in Riverview (WHO) World Health Organization.
1. To engage with the residents of the Town of Riverview to identify means by which seniors can be assisted in living safe, healthy lives and participating fully in society.
2. To conduct an age-friendly assessment of the community which include a statistical profile of the Town, analysis of the towns support mechanisms for seniors living in the community and a summary of the assessment.
3. To provide recommendations to Council on how the Town of Riverview may improve upon services and offerings to community seniors to make their lives more safe, healthy, and involved/participatory while focusing on the feasibility of applying such measure through implementation of an action plan.
4. The following Age-Friendly Community Action Plan is organized using the World Health Organization (WHO) domains of age-friendly communities including Housing; Transportation; Outdoor Spaces and Buildings; Social Participation; Respect and Social Inclusion; Civic Participation and Employment; Communication and Information; Community Support and Health Services and policing and public safety. Each domain is presented with the following: - Objectives - Recommended actions based on community input. - Party(ies) responsible for action. Timelines for the actions, completed date, and other comments. For this action plan, a senior is considered 50 years of age and beyond in Riverview (WHO) World Health Organization.
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