For this my 8th year of suggested titles for “booking up” in the subject area of ageing and longevity there’s only one book in a stack of others on unrelated subjects. As I observed last year, with countless new books in this subject area arriving each year, sometimes I find a scarcity of new books that help to
Back to basics first. The concept outlined in the WHO Global Age-friendly Cities Guide is framed around eight key elements – civic participation and employment, communication and information, community support and health services, housing, outdoor spaces and buildings, respect and social inclusion, social participation and transportation. Yet, while the guide is framed around consideration of
Finally “Age-Ready” – a different revitalized phrase that moves forward the concept Age-Friendly. That was my immediate reaction when as I read the intro to the UK National Innovation Centre for Ageing webinar I signed up for on April 5th. This progressive thinking organization based in Newcastle upon Tyne hosted a presentation of the World
“Longevity-Ready Environments: Rethinking Physical Spaces for Century-Long Lives” One element that distinguishes the Stanford Center on Longevity annual Design Challenge is its recognition of international student talent, and this year is no exception with the Design Challenge 21/22 Winner (announced April 6),coming from the Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria with a design concept for modified
Resuming thoughts from last week’s post, my review of Options Open by Sue Lantz, this “Guide to Mapping Your Best Aging Journey”, serves a perfect purpose for current times we are living through. As we have been staying home more this year, we have either become so talked-out about how we are seeing our uncertain
A social movement, the language and the course of a social movement, evolves over time, and this is true in the case with the movement to make society more Age-Inclusive. Where do we find the origins of this term? As with most other terminology, you usually find it sprouts from more than one place, but