A Checklist for Age-Friendly Cities
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 02/28/12 -- Is your city's urban design making it difficult for seniors to get around? Or are you fortunate enough to live in an age-friendly city that recognizes older people have unique mobility requirements such as non-slip sidewalks wide enough for wheelchairs and pedestrian crossings with longer crossing times? If your city makes it difficult for you to get around, you should be asking your local city hall for changes, according to Mark Towhey, Director of Policy and Strategic Planning for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford.
In a developed by the World Health Organization, age-friendly cities plan and implement the following features:
Creating age-friendly, accessible cities is important because Canada's population is rapidly getting older. In 2012, Canada's largest metropolis, the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) will have 820,000 people, aged 65 and up. By 2027, the population of this age group is projected to increase by 76%, reaching 1.4 million people.
"Canadian cities are in the property and public space business. They establish zoning regulations and define standards for public spaces within their boundaries," said Towhey. "Municipal politics is incredibly open, transparent and accessible - far more so than other levels of government in Canada. It's probably the best place to start looking for political support to make changes to public policy about the shape and form of public space."
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About Mobilize Canada
Launched in 2011, Mobilize Canada is the public facing initiative of the Canadian Orthopaedic Care Strategy Group. This national education and communications program is designed to inform the forty-five age plus public about Canada's mobility crisis, offer practical solutions to maintain mobility and offer options and thinking around change and improvement. The vision is for Canadians to enjoy the benefits and opportunities of aging by minimizing the loss of mobility or functional disability that in turn improves individual and societal well-being and maximizes health system effectiveness and efficiency. A key feature is website which is being developed to act as a communications dissemination hub on mobility information. .
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