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\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) have announced a new project to support and<\/p>\n

encourage governments to develop and strengthen social policies in an ageing world.<\/p>\n

Apparently, according to a United Nations estimate, the number of people over the age of<\/p>\n

60 will double from the current 600 million to 1.2 billion by 2025 and again to 2 billion by<\/p>\n

2050. Quite a lot of us! And mostly we live in environments that have not been designed with<\/p>\n

our needs and capacities in mind. The policy which WHO has been advocating since 2002<\/p>\n

would be one that provides opportunities for health, participation and security enhancing the<\/p>\n

quality of life as people age.<\/p>\n

WHO has now become more socially specific, and, assuming that many of not most elderly<\/p>\n

people live in urban areas , have launched this project to encourage cities in several<\/p>\n

countries, They justify the city engagement because cities have the economic and social<\/p>\n

resources that smaller units might lack. (This assumes that central government grants them<\/p>\n

sufficient financial support, which in the U.K. is not the case). In the developed world, three<\/p>\n

quarters of older people live in cities, and although more people live in rural communities,<\/p>\n

urbanisation is gradually reversing the picture. WHO argue that cities can give the lead to<\/p>\n

other smaller communities.<\/p>\n

In an age-friendly community, policies and services can help older people to ‘age actively’and<\/p>\n

live in security, enjoy good health and continue to participate fully in society. Age-friendly<\/p>\n

service providers, public officials, community leaders, faith leaders and business people<\/p>\n

should anticipate and respond flexibly to aging-related needs and preferences and promote<\/p>\n

their inclusion and contribution in all areas of community life.<\/p>\n

The WHO initiative then identifies twenty five ‘features’ which would keep older people<\/p>\n

fully involved in their communities. Launching the project WHO and partners ‘from all<\/p>\n

continents’ will consult wih older people and then with community leaders and experts to<\/p>\n

identify the major physical and social barriers to active ageing. ‘The ultimate aim in this<\/p>\n

exercise would be to compile the results into practical Age- Friendly City’ guidelines that<\/p>\n

could be used by cities around the world’. In the U.K. 12 cities have been identified, and<\/p>\n

Leeds where we shall soon be living is one of them.<\/p>\n

Reading this with a friendly eye there is nothing to disagree with, but is it realistic and who<\/p>\n

is going to oversee this project? Older people have been involved in the project from the<\/p>\n

outset apparently, but I don’t hear their voice. On a first reading it feels like good<\/p>\n

intentions by people observing the scene but who are not part of it. More infvormation on<\/p>\n

the internet – ‘Global Age Friendly Cities: A Guide’.<\/p>\n

Bryan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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