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2019 Summit
Age-Friendly Minnesota – Engaging
All Voices and Communities
Thank you to our sponsors
Welcome
Amanda Vickstrom
Chair
MN Leadership Council on Aging
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Age-Friendly Minnesota
Kari Benson
Executive Director
MN Board on Aging
Age-Friendly Minnesota Designation
Governor Tim Walz
Engaging Community in Becoming Great for People of
All Ages
Laura Poskin
Director
Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh
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Engaging Communities to Include All Ages
Laura Poskin, MPSGDirector of Age-Friendly Greater Pittsburgh
Close your eyes.
This is about us.
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Photo: Briana E. Heard
It’s about making our world more inclusive and
respectful of every generation.
Photo: Bike Pittsburgh
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Our job is to change howwe view aging and how
we plan our communities for it.
Every day, 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65.
Source: Pew Research Center
Super-aged society
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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Super-aged society
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017
In Minnesota, 65+ population surpasses
school-age population in 2020.
Source: Minnesota State Demographic Center
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New demographic reality
Language matters
Source: AMA Manual of Style
Source: Psychology & Aging, 2011
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Source: Oxford Economics, 2013
We are all aging.
Photo: Bike Pittsburgh
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Photos: Larry Rippel
Our assets
Our challengesOur innovative ideas
AccessConnectionInnovation
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Lively Pittsburgh | Photo: John Columbo
Photo: Scott Schubert
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Source: Cigna, 2018 | Photo: Grace Wong
AARP Pennsylvania | Photo: Jeff Swensen
Listen. Listen again.
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Build on strengths.
Celebrate your story.
Thank you!
Laura Poskin, MPSG@lauraposkin
swppa.org/agefriendly@AgeFriendlyPGH
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Age-Friendly Minnesota State Leaders Panel
Aging Together Minnesota: Confronting Disparities in Systems & Communities
Panel
Action Planning
Breakout Sessions
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How One Community is Embracing Age-Friendly
Communities
Susan Pha
Council Member
City of Brooklyn Park
Brooklyn Park:
Living & Aging
Together, Differently
Susan Pha
Brooklyn Park City Council
Leadership Council on Aging Summit | December 11, 2019
Image: frimages/Getty Images
Presentation Overview
• Introduction: Who am I, and why does this work
matter to me?
• Brooklyn Park: Who Are We?
• Cities’ Role in Age-Friendly Work
• BP’s Engagement: What We Did and What We
Learned
• Examples of Our Work
• Closing
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Who is BP?
• NW Hennepin County
• 6th biggest city in MN
(80,610 pop.)
• 49% White
(“Majority minority”)
• 21.5% aged 55+
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Brooklyn Park’s increasing diversity: 2000 to 2017
Asian: 17%
White: 49%
White: 71%
Asian: 9%
Hispanic/Latinx: 3%Other: 2%
Black: 27%
Black 14%
Hispanic/Latinx: 6 %
Other 0.6%
Population by Race:
Brooklyn Park, Hennepin County, State of MN
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Source: US Census Bureau, 2000, 2017
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Our context for age-friendly work
Racial, ethnic and cultural diversity
Economic diversity and disparity
Varied experiences, needs, and priorities
Fragmented landscape
“Cities are ground zero
for the demographic shift
that is changing America
and the world.
Too many local leaders still
overlook the connection
between aging policies and
their cities’ vitality and
sustainability.
Cities can take the lead to
integrate older adults into
policies and planning across
multiple domains.”
“Age-friendly must be
defined not as a new
program or a new trend
in service delivery but as
a fundamental
rethinking of how we live
together.”
-Kathryn Lawler, “Go Big or Go Home,” Public Policy Aging Report, 2015
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BP’s timeline: quick overview
Aligns with other City strategic initiatives:
• BP 2025 (community planning
process)
• Customer Service Initiative
• Continuous Improvement
• Racial Equity
• 2015: Task Force on Aging created & made recommendations
• 2018: Conducted extensive community needs assessment;
developed recommendations report
• 2019: Look inside local government: What does age-friendly
mean for each department?
• 2020: Building community involvement
•Residents
•Key Stakeholders
•Community Partners
External Engagement
• Key Staff
• Department Heads/Managers
• Commissions
Internal Engagement
RecommendationsReport
Brooklyn Park’s Age-Friendly Engagement Process
Gathering Community Input
RESIDENTS:
• CAC class participants
• Community Assembly
attendees
• Meals on Wheels volunteer
drivers
• Immigrant/refugee focus
groups: Lao, Liberian, SE
Asian
• Dynamic Aging Resource
Fair attendees
• Focus groups at senior
housing: Brooks Landing,
SummerCrest, Tradition
• Allina Health – Faith Nurse
Program
• CAC Fitness Instructors
• Community Ed (Osseo &
Anoka-Hennepin)
• CEAP
• Creekside Gables
• Hennepin County Dept. of
Public Health
• Hennepin County Library
• Hennepin Health
• Hy-Vee
• Lao Assistance Center of
MN
• Liberian Health Initiative
• NAMI
• North Hennepin
Community College
• Saint Al’s Church
• Saint Therese at Oxbow
Lakes
• Sierra Leone Nurses
Association of MN
• Tradition (senior housing)
• The Waterford (senior
housing)
External (Community) Engagement:
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
AND KEY STAKEHOLDERS
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Key Takeaways:Commons lessons from older low-income
residents and residents of color, including
immigrants and refugees
• General disconnect or lack of interest
in City programs/offerings
• Most comfortable within their own
cultural groups.
• Language matters. A lot.
• Immigrants & refugees can be
vulnerable due to language and lack
of understanding about systems and
rights
Recommendations:
How does the City respond?
• Allow staff additional time to develop relationships and
meaningfully engage people
• Don’t create; facilitate. Support existing events/activities.
• Better support and utilize partner organizations
• Redefine what success looks like
A new lens,
not just new services
Put an age-friendly lens on work that
would be done anyway.
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City Hall remodeling project: How do we make sure it works well for older visitors?
• ADA isn’t enough.
• How easily can people actually…
– Enter/exit the building?
– Complete their business in the building?
– Get the assistance they might need?
• Consider seating: Where is it? Is it easy to sit down in and
get up from?
$26 mill. park bond referendum: How do we make sure it works well for older residents?
• Trails get better signage, lighting, and seating
• Community Activity Center remodeled with
Universal Design principles
• Neighborhood park redevelopments: make
appealing to older residents
Examples of BP’s support of
older residents
• Senior homeowner loan program for home
modifications ($150K for 2020)
• Providing space to Sierra Leone Nurses
Association to meet with elders
• A beloved Community Center with many
classes for 55+
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• “Seniors” aren’t one monolithic group.
• Older adults help drive local economies.
• People want to give and have purpose. Create
pathways to make that possible.
• Age-friendly improvements benefit all ages.
• Aging is universal. This is all of us.
Understandings that must
shape the work
Thank you!
Susan Pha, Brooklyn Park City Council
[email protected] | 763-315-8496
Moving towards Age-Friendly Minnesota & the work of the
Council
Rajean Moone
MNLCOA Executive Director
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Putting it Together
Age-Friendly
MN
Age-Friendly Health
Systems
Dementia Friendly
Communities
Purposeful community
engagement
Age-Friendly Universities
MNLCOA’s Pledge1. Create an Age-Friendly MN listserv to
keep the momentum going and connect us all
2. Establish foundation for an Age-Friendly MN application including results from today’s summit
3. Designate the 2020 Summit as MovingAge-Friendly MN Forward Together
4. Support Age-Friendly MN systems and policy changes
Stay InvolvedJoin the Age-Friendly MN
listserv
Show up to convenings and events to support Age-
Friendly MN
Advocate for your community to become an Age-Friendly Community
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