The Age-friendly Lens

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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. 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