The Global Age-Friendly Community Movement : : A Critical Appraisal / / ed. by Philip B. Stafford.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2018
• MitwirkendeR: Baggett, Sharon A.,; Barnes, Marian,; Benedict, Zachary,; Bodiford, Kristin,; Brown, Corita,; Buffel, Tine,; Davis, Barbara S.,; DeLaTorre, Alan,; Henkin, Nancy,; Kiyota, Emi,; Lennard, Suzanne H. Crowhurst,; Namara, Arthur,; Oberlink, Mia R.,; Phillipson, Chris,; Stafford, Philip B.,; Suzuki, Nanami,; Wolter, Birgit,
• HerausgeberIn: Stafford, Philip B.,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Life Course, Culture and Aging: Global Transformations ; 5
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (286 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ILLUSTRATIONS AND FIGURES --; TABLES --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; PREFACE --; INTRODUCTION Theorizing and Practicing Age-Friendly Development --; PART I Equity and Sustainability --; 1 CREATING AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES IN URBAN ENVIRONMENTS Research Issues and Policy Recommendations --; 2 TRAINING ADVOCATES TO UNDERTAKE LIVABLE COMMUNITY INITIATIVES A Pilot Program --; 3 PUBLIC PLACES, COMMUNITY, AND THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND ELDERS --; 4 THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN SUSTAINABLE AND AGE-FRIENDLY DEVELOPMENT --; PART II Age-Friendly Neighborhoods --; 5 ACCESSIBILITY, PARTICIPATION, NETWORKING The Impact of a Local Network on the Environment and the Life Relationship of Older People --; 6 ASSESSING THE AGING-FRIENDLINESS OF TWO NEW YORK CITY NEIGHBORHOODS A Case Study --; PART III Collaboration across Generations --; 7 COMMUNITIES FOR A LL AGES Reinforcing and Reimagining the Social Compact --; 8 IBASHO CAFÉ Giving Elders a Role to Play in Making Communities More Resilient --; 9 YOUTH AND OLDER PERSONS AS AGENTS FOR CHANGE Creating an Inclusive and Age-Friendly Society for All --; PART IV Rural Aging --; 10 RETROFITTING SMALL TOWNS How Aging in Place Could Transform Rural America --; 11 CREATING AN AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY IN A DEPOPULATED TOWN IN JAPAN A Search for Resilient Ways to Cherish New Commons as Local Cultural Resources --; PART V Being Well Enough in Old Age --; 12 RELATIONAL WELL-BEING AND AGE-FRIENDLY CITIES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781785336683; 9783110998115
• DOI: 10.1515/9781785336683?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Philip B. Stafford.

The age-friendly community movement is a global phenomenon, currently growing with the support of the WHO and multiple international and national organizations in the field of aging. Drawing on an extensive collection of international case studies, this volume provides an introduction to the movement. The contributors – both researchers and practitioners – touch on a number of current tensions and issues in the movement and offer a wide-ranging set of recommendations for advancing age-friendly community development. The book concludes with a call for a radical transformation of a medical and lifestyle model of aging into a relational model of health and social/individual wellbeing.