Age-friendly Brooklyn
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- Brooklyn Borough President's Office, issuing body. New York Academy of Medicine, issuing body.
- Publication:
- [New York, New York] : The New York Academy of Medicine ; [Brooklyn, New York] : Brooklyn Borough President's Office, [2019]
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Healthy Aging Social Determinants of Health Aged Art Community Health Services Culture Housing Independent Living Physical Fitness Quality of Life Safety Social Isolation Social Support Transportation Humans New York New York City United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Beginning in 2018, the Brooklyn Borough President's Office partnered with The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) to launch Age-friendly Brooklyn--an initiative that builds on earlier neighborhood-specific work and an accessibility audit of Brooklyn Borough Hall--to make the entire borough inclusive and welcoming to older people. Age-friendly Brooklyn is working to: (1) Regularly solicit feedback from older people about their quality of life to inform neighborhood planning processes; (2) Create new opportunities for health and well-being and increase social, physical, and economic participation; (3) Better connect older people with information and resources; and (4) Mobilize older people and their service providers to advocate for local age-friendly improvements. As part of Age-friendly NYC, the City's long-standing partnership between NYAM, the Mayor's Office, and the City Council, Age-friendly Brooklyn uses a framework developed by the World Health Organization that asks older people about their daily lives with respect to: (1) Outdoor spaces and buildings; (2) Transportation; (3) Housing; (4) Social participation; (5) Respect and social inclusion; (6) Civic participation and employment; (7) Communication and information; (8) Community support and health services. Collectively, these are known as the Eight Domains of an Age-friendly Community. This report summarizes the findings of a survey covering the Eight Domains that asked people about their experiences living in Brooklyn in 2018. Through the launch of Age-friendly Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Borough President has committed to working with the City and private-sector partners to make improvements to local resources, institutions, services, and amenities that reduce or eliminate barriers identified through the survey, where possible.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-ND license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (45 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101756126 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101756126