Steps to a more age-friendly Manhattan
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Contributor(s):
- Manhattan (New York, N.Y.). Office of the President, issuing body. New York Academy of Medicine, issuing body.
- Publication:
- New York, NY : New York Academy of Medicine, February 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Healthy Aging Surveys and Questionnaires Aged Urban Population New York City United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Beginning in 2019, the Manhattan Borough President's Office partnered with The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) to launch Age-friendly Manhattan. Age-friendly Manhattan 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. This initiative builds on earlier work led by the Manhattan Borough President to make the entire borough inclusive and welcoming to older people including the following publications and initiatives: (1) Age-friendly Guide to Manhattan Supermarkets (2019) (2) Age-friendly Guide to Manhattan Supermarkets (2017) (3) Aging Artfully (2019), a guide to local museums, arts and crafts organizations, and performing arts institutions with information on accessibility and discounts for older adults. (4) Fresh Food for Seniors, which has provided older adults with fresh, regionally grown fruit and vegetables for just $8 a bag since 2012. (5) Annual Age-friendly Symposiums, including topics such as Aging Artfully, Caregivers, Brain Health, and Make Manhattan Mine: Aging with Ease in Manhattan. Age-friendly Manhattan uses a framework developed by the World Health Organization1 that asks older people about their daily lives with respect to: (1) Transportation (2) Outdoor spaces and buildings (3) Housing (4) Respect and social inclusion (5) Social participation (6) Civic participation and employment (7) Communication and information (8) Community support and health service 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 Manhattan in fall 2019 through winter 2020. Through "Age-friendly Manhattan," the Manhattan 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 (47 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918351189006676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918351189006676