AARP NETWORK OF AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES

Getting to Livable Senior Communities Assembly Aging and LTCC

October 25th 2017

Bob Prath, Volunteer Chair AARP CA Livable Communities Advisory Team

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economic, and

“A community that is safe and secure, has affordable and appropriate housing and transportation options, and has

supportive community features and services. Once in place, those resources enhance personal independence; allow residents to age in

place; and foster residents’ engagement in the community’s civic, economic, and social life”

Age-Friendly and Livable Communities

to remain in their homes

Survey after survey finds that today’s older adults want

78% of adults ages 45+ agree

or strongly agree with the statement: “What I’d

really like to do is stay in my current residence for

as long as possible.”

Source: AARP Home and Community Preferences of the 45+ Population, 2014

But most houses haven’t been designed to adapt. In fact, American homes have traditionally been designed and built for able-bodied 35 year olds

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Survey after survey finds that today’s older adults want to stay in their

community

80% of adults ages 45+ agree

or strongly agree with the statement: “What I’d

really like to do is stay in my current community for

as long as possible.”

Source: AARP Home and Community Preferences of the 45+ Population, 2014

For the past 50 years, communities have developed around cars and other motor vehicles as our principal form of transportation

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Source: AARP Housing Survey 2011

Community Amenities Do Older Adults Want Close to Home? we asked older adults whal amen,1ies lhey wanl dose 10 home. Access 10 transportaliOn. food. and

green space lop the list. These are among lhe many community ind1calors that we are measuring as

part or the Livability Index project Find oul more about our livability research and the development of

our 11ndex here www.aarp.org/ppl/liv-eoml

% endorsed within 1 mile or less

Pharmacy / Drug Store

Church / Religious

Train / Subway 23%

18%

16%

13°/c,

29%

29%

50%

47°/o

42%

42%

Source: AARP Housing Survey 2011

Communities for a Lifetime - TH

Livable Older Adult Communities Communities for a Lifetime - TH

Transitioning to Communities for a Lifetime

Livable Older Adult Communities Transitioning to Communities for a Lifetime

Transitioning to Communities for a Lifetime

Livable Older Adult Communities Transitioning to Communities for a Lifetime

Transitioning to Communities for a Lifetime

REINFORCEMENT FOR BATHROOMS, VISITABILITY, ANO UNIVERSAL DESIGN -

DRAFT FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY

12016 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE (Intervening Code Cycle· if approved effective July 1. 2018)

SECTION R320 ACCESSIBILITY AND UNIVERSAL DESIGN ELEMENTS

R320.1 SGope Accessibility. Dwelling units in a building consisting of three or more dwelling units or tour or more condominium units shall meet the requirements of the California Building Code Chapter 11A. Covered Muflifamily Dwellings include but are not limited to dwelling units listed in Section 1.8.2.1.2. D1,,11efling units within a single structure saparatad by firavta/1s do not consmuta saparata buildings.

R320.2 Universal design elements. Newly constructed dwellings subiect to the ---,iremenf.0

-'" • - '1al/ be desioned and cor •ccordance with 'W.2.5.

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Livable Older Adult Communities Transitioning to Communities for a Lifetime

Transitioning to Communities for a Lifetime

Livable Older Adult Communities Transitioning to Communities for a Lifetime

L·vab e O der Adult Communities Putting the Pieces Together

Livable Older Adult Communities Putting the Pieces Together

Real Possibilities

Introducing the Framework

The Built Environment

The Social Environment

Introducing the Framework Our Vision and the “8 Domains of Livability”

Network of Age-Friendly Communities The

Livable Older Adult Communities Putting the Pieces Together

AARP's NETWORK OF AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES

The 5-Year Cycle for Members

~Implement

Years 3-5

Evaluate Your Progress

Continuously

Livable Older Adult Communities Putting the Pieces Together

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The Benefits of Membership in the AARP Network of Age-Friendly Communities

• Opportunities to encourage local residents, businesses and othernonprofit groups to play an active role

• Connections to global and national networks of participatingcommunities as well as aging and civil society experts

18 California Cities/Counties 190 US Cities 500 International Cities

• Access to news, information and guidance about best practices,models, results and challenges in the age-friendly movement

• Opportunities for partnership with other communities, both domesticand international

• Mentoring, assessments and peer review evaluation by experts and member cities and towns

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