WHO Global Age-friendly Cities Guide identified core characteristics of an age-friendly city in eight areas of urban life, based on focus groups with older people, caregivers and service providers in 33 cities in 22 countries around the world.

Cities and communities have a key role in enabling people to live longer and healthier lives while fostering fairer and more sustainable societies. An age-friendly city or community is health promoting and designed for diversity, inclusion, and cohesion, including across all …

2007年10月5日 · Older people are a resource for their families, communities and economies in supportive and enabling living environments. The purpose of this Guide is to engage cities to become more age-friendly so as to tap the potential that older people represent for humanity.

2023年4月19日 · Developing age-friendly cities and communities (AFCC) is a proven way to create more age-friendly environments – for everyone. This guide provides direction to national authorities and stakeholders responsible for or involved in forming or sustaining national programmes for AFCC.

2024年12月18日 · To encourage cities and communities to adapt to the needs of the aging population, WHO has created the Global Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities (GNFACC). With the support of PAHO, the Region of the Americas has become the fastest growing region in the network.

engage cities to become more age-friendly so as to tap the potential that older people represent for humanity. An age-friendly city encourages active age-ing by optimizing opportunities for health, participation and security in order to en-hance quality of …

By making cities and communities age-friendly, we ensure that cities and communities are inclusive and equitable places that leave no one behind – especially the most vulnerable older people.

2020年6月2日 · The purpose of this guide is to engage cities to become more age-friendly so as to tap the potential that older persons represent for humanity.

2014年6月24日 · Informed by WHO’s approach to active ageing, the purpose of this Guide is to engage cities to become more age-friendly so as to tap the potential that older people represent for humanity. Read the WHO guide here.

The Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities (GNAFCC) was established by the World Health Organization in 2010 to connect cities, communities and organizations worldwide with the common vision of making their communities great places to grow older in.