HLTHAGE 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: World Health Organization, Geriatrics, Continual Improvement Process
25 Sep 2017
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Ha(cid:373)ilto(cid:374)"s jour(cid:374)ey implementing and evaluating our age-friendly plan. Professor emeritus, mcmaster university & vic president, hamilton council on aging. Where did the age-friendly (a-f) movement begin: key note address by dr. alex kalache, director, aging and life course programme, who, at the xvii international association of gerontology and geriatrics (iagg) in rio de. Janero, brazil in june 2005: world health organization initiated a worldwide movement to make communities age- friendly, emphasis is shifted from individual to collective responsibility. 447+ communities have been designated as age friendly communities by the world health organization. In ontario: hamilton first city to begin the process, 56 communities funded in 2015 by the ontario se(cid:374)ior"s secretariat to work on becoming age-friendly, over 100 communities moving forward, leadership varies, from municipalities, regions to community groups. Menic (2011) - argues that an age friendly community promotes social connections between older persons and the social and physical environment.
