Valemount Age-Friendly Assessment and Action Plan Consultant Report

Age-Friendly communities are those that support healthy active living across the lifespan. Many of the community features that contribute to healthy aging also support other members of the population to thrive; these include affordable housing, safety, and reliable transportation, accessibility to health and social services, and strong social networks. Conducting an Age-Friendly assessment is a way in which communities can understand the local assets and barriers to support their citizens to engage in lifetime healthy living. These assessments are typically guided by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Checklist of Essential Features of Age-Friendly Cities and the WHO Global Age-Friendly Cities: A Guide. Rural and remote communities can also utilize the Canadian resource Age-Friendly Rural and Remote Communities: A Guide. These three documents provided the framework to assess and explore the Age-Friendly features in Valemount.

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