Karen Dickrell, from Outagamie County, and Jane Jensen, from Sheboygan County, and Sara Richie in Oneida, Vilas and Forest Counties will walk us through the Creating Aging-Friendly Communities Facilitation Guide. The purpose of the facilitation guide is to help Extension Educators inform and engage community leaders around the changing demographics of our communities, and invigorate discussion and planning about how communities can adapt to changing needs.
Sara, Karen and Jane will set the stage, sharing the current demographic data for the US and more specifically the state of Wisconsin. As users of the Facilitation Guide they will speak to how they assisted communities in self-assessing their aging-friendliness using the survey of 13 categories of Aging-Friendly Communities. They will share their communities’ specific initiatives for helping older adults age in place and support the well-being of their families and caregivers.
And you will be challenged to consider:
- Is your community a good place to grow up and grow old?
- Will your community meet your needs when you are 65, 75, 85, 95…or even 105?
- If not, what can you do now to begin to make your community a friendly and supportive environment for persons of all ages?
Listen to the archive: Creating Aging Friendly Communities (Approximately 25 minute conversation with an additional 20 minutes of Q and A.) Use this handout to follow along: Creating Aging Friendly Communities in Wisconsin
Shared by Gail M. Huycke, Community Development Outreach Specialist: AARP Community Challenge Announcement for 2018. Submit your application by 5 PM ET, May 16, 2018 on the AARP website.
