This book engages with the concept of age-friendly environments, adopting multi-perspectivity to demonstrate how age-friendly environments can contribute to shifting how we think, feel and act toward issues of age and ageing and operate as a vehicle to improve understandings of ageism.
Drawing from traditionally distinct fields, the text demonstrates theoretical and applied dimensions of the age-friendly global agenda, with several chapters discussing topics that have to date been underrepresented in age-friendly scholarship, including education, health and justice systems. The case studies encourage critical engagement with the issue of ageism in age-friendly scholarship. It presents a clear understanding of the inequalities, challenges and opportunities of ageing and of the ways international, regional, national and sub-national commitments in health, development and human rights, and are further impacted by, ageing through designing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating policies and programmes. The essays utilise a critical and interdisciplinary dialogue to enhance discussion of the age-friendly environment agenda through the inclusion of age-friendly perspectives in addition to its processes and destinations in an ageing society.
The book serves as a catalyst to stimulate research, policy and public interest in the physical, social and regulatory environments in which we age and the consequent impact upon health and well-being. It will be of interest to professors, graduate students and undergraduate students in policy, sociology, health, planning and gerontology. It is also recommended reading for policy makers, politicians, think tanks and lobbyists, who are concerned with age all-age-inclusiveness.
Author(s): Christie M. Gardiner, Eileen O’Brien Webb
Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 258
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Part I Age-Friendly Systems
Chapter 1 An Introduction to ‘The Age-Friendly Lens’
Introduction
Age-friendly Systems
Age-friendly Housing and Accommodation
References
Chapter 2 The Age-Friendly Lens: Past, Present and Future
Introduction
Longevity – a Global Revolution
The Heterogeneity of Older Age
Multiple Life-Course Trajectories
Active Ageing/active Citizenship
Age-friendly Cities
An Age-Friendly Future
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 3 Horizontal and Vertical Mainstreaming of the Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Programme: Lessons From Toronto
Introduction
Size
Political Structure
Policy Responsibilities
Financial Autonomy
Administrative Systems
Horizontal Administrative Systems
Vertical Administrative Systems
Inter-sectoral Administrative Systems
Conclusion
References
Chapter 4 Access to Justice and Legal Assistance in an Age-Friendly World
Access to Justice
Older Persons’ Access to Justice
Social Constructions and Legal Needs
Barriers
Access to Justice Norms
Age-friendliness
Human Rights and Age-Friendliness
Access to Justice By Domain
Global Development Standards
Open-ended Working Group On Ageing
Solutions
The Idea of Elder Law
Changing How Older Persons Access Services
Take a Human Rights Approach
Global Norms
Conclusion
References
Chapter 5 Age-Friendly Health Systems
Introduction
Global Need for an Age-Friendly Health System
Gaps in Healthcare: Need for Age-Friendly Health System
Combatting Ageism
Evidence for Age-Friendly Health Systems
What Matters
Medication
Mentation
Mobility
Age-Friendly Health Systems in Practice: Case Studies
Case No. 1 – Daniel
Case No. 2 – Consuela
Vision of the Age-Friendly Health System Initiative
References
Chapter 6 Developing the Age-Friendly University Global Network
Introduction
What Is the Age-Friendly University Global Network?
Genesis of the Age-Friendly University Global Network
Rationale for Age-Friendly Universities
Benefits of Age-Friendly Universities for Older Learners
Benefits of Age-Friendly Universities for the Overall Student Population
Benefits of Age-Friendly Universities for the Community and Society
Age-friendly Educational Programming
Age-friendly Staff Policies
Age-Friendly University Campuses – the Built Environment
Age-Friendly Universities and the Sustainable Development Goals
What Are Age-Friendly Universities Doing?
How Are Other Universities Implementing the Ten Principles?
University of Strathclyde
Purdue University
The University of Queensland, Australia
McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
The UN Open-Ended Working Group On Ageing
Conclusion
References
Chapter 7 The Age-Friendly Movement in an Asian Context
Introduction
Global Age-Friendly Movement in the Asian Context: Hong Kong and Taiwan
World Health Organization’s Age-Friendly Movement
Hong Kong: Mass Initiatives From Non-Governmental Organisations and Universities
Taiwan: Improvement of Top-Level Policymaking in Governing Age-Friendly Strategies and Actions
Which Mode Is More Effective? Adding Lived Experience From Asia to the Western Benchmark
Conclusion
Acknowledgement
Notes
References
Part II Age-Friendly Housing and Accommodation
Chapter 8 Care Homes and Communities: A Human Rights Approach to Age-Friendliness
Introduction
Age-friendliness
The Care Home Experience
Link Between Public and Private Space
Designing Human Rights Into Public and Private Space
An Interdisciplinary Approach?
Human Rights
How Older People Articulate Human Rights
Conclusion
References
Chapter 9 The Participation of Older People in Concepting and Designing New Housing Facilities in the Netherlands
Introduction
Participation and Involvement in Decision-Making
What Do Older People Expect From Participation and Involvement?
Innovative Case Study: Participation in Social Housing
Afterthoughts and Recommendations
Acknowledgements
Notes
References
Chapter 10 ‘Grandly Designing’ Cohousing for Older People in Australia: Overcoming the Challenges
Introduction
What Is Deliberative Cohousing?
Cohousing in the Context of Age-Friendly Cities
Affordability
Access to Essential Services
Design
Modifications
Maintenance
Access to Services
Community Integration
Living Environment
Advantages of Cohousing for Older People
Barriers to Cohousing
Overcoming Entrenched Biases and Ageism
The Winding Path to a Cohousing Development
Information Provision and Finding Fellow Cohousing Participants
Design for Success
Availability of Land – Government Support and Assistance
Vacant Or Unused Land
Existing Neighbourhoods
Property Law and the Regulation of Ownership in Cohousing Ventures
Strata and Community Title
Tenant in Common
Alternate Forms of Holding a Cohousing Interest
Financing
Can Cohousing Be a Vehicle to Affordable Housing?
Low Or Shared Equity
Community Land Trusts
Not-for-profit Model
Conclusion
References
Chapter 11 An Age-Friendly Lens On the Renewal of Housing Resources in Poland
Introduction
Diagnosing Urban Housing Resources for Older Persons
Housing Studies, Reports and National Programmes
Housing in Spatial Scales
Environmental Psychology
Concepts
Investigation of LAB 60+ Pilot Housing Projects and Age-Friendliness
Renewal of Housing Stock in Poland Through an Age-Friendly Lens
Spatial Strategy
Implementation of Universal Design Principles in Three Spatial Scales
Support for Diversified Forms of Residence in Housing Policy
Implementation of Residential Pilot Projects
Urban and Architectural Issues
Application of the Programme Mix in Residential Areas
Adaptation of Existing Buildings in the Vicinity of Housing Estates for Social Functions
Interiors Issues
Pilot Residential Projects Through the Prism of an Age-Friendly Lens On Spatial Scales
Urban Scale
Architectural Scale
Interior Scale
Conclusion
Notes
References
Chapter 12 Certification as a Tool to Deliver Age-Friendly Homes at Scale
Introduction
The Homes4Life Project
Background – the Need for New Perspectives
The Cost of Doing Nothing
Ageism in Current Housing Policies
Reductive Understanding of Age-Friendliness in Certification and Standardisation
Preference for Independent Living Among Older Adults
Creating a New Perspective – the Homes4Life Vision
Understanding and Categorising the Age-Friendly Home Environment: Homes4Life Taxonomy
Rationale and Objectives
Basic Structure
Knowledge Base for Development
Performance Indicators – Laying the Groundwork for Certification
Assessing the Age-Friendly Home Environment – the Homes4Life Certification Scheme
Guiding Principles of the Homes4Life Certification Scheme
Current Development Stage and Completion Date
What Next? Using Homes4Life Outcomes to Stimulate Change
References
Chapter 13 International Standardisation of Products and Services for Ageing Societies: Promoting the Global Application ...
Introduction
What Are Standards and What Are Their Overall Benefits?
What Is the International Organization for Standardization?
The Development of ISO/TC 314 Ageing Societies Standardisation
International Workshop Agreement 2016
Strategic Advisory Group On Ageing Societies
Who Is Involved in Ageing Societies?
What Are the Benefits of Standardisation for Ageing Societies?
Establishment of ISO/TC 314 Ageing Societies and Its Strategic Business Plan 2019–2020
International Standard – for an Age-Inclusive Workforce
Overview
Scope
Impact and Expected Benefits
Content
International Standard: Framework for Dementia-Inclusive Communities
Overview
Scope
Impact and Expected Benefits
Content
International Standard: Carer-Inclusive Organisations
Overview
Scope
Impact and Expected Benefits
Content
What Are the Methods Used to Include the Older Person?
Strategic Directions and Future Considerations
Note
References
Index
