Age-Friendly Rural and Remote Communites: A Guide

In September 2006, the Federal/Provincial/Territorial (F/P/T) Ministers Responsible for Seniors endorsed the Age-Friendly Rural/Remote Communities Initiative (AFRRCI).

The Initiative has two main objectives:

• to increase awareness of what seniors need to maintain active, healthy and productive lives within their communities by identifying indicators of age friendly rural or remote communities;
• to produce a practical guide that rural and remote communities across Canada can use to identify common barriers, and to foster dialogue and action that
• supports the development of age-friendly communities.

The idea of an age-friendly rural or remote community builds on work underway by the World Health Organization (WHO) on “global age-friendly cities” which is, in turn, based on the WHO’s active aging model.

The Canadian project focuses its work specifically on rural and remote communities.

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/seniors-aines/pubs/age_friendly_rural/pdf/AFRRC_en.pdf

The WHO Report on Global Age Friendly Cities can be found here:
http://www.who.int/ageing/publications/Global_age_friendly_cities_Guide_English.pdf