Age Friendly Community Planning (AFCP)
The Town of Golden (with the administrative support of the College of the Rockies) has secured a 2013 grant from the Seniors' Housing and Support Initiative (SHSI) to complete an Age Friendly Community Plan (AFCP). The plan was be completed in July 2014.
The SHSI was created by the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development to assist local governments to prepare for an aging population. The Ministry of Health supported the initiative by providing funds to incorporate a focus on age friendly projects.
Age friendly communities are communities where older people can live active, socially engaged lives through polices, services and structures designed to support them.
The SHSI program is intended to assist local government to support aging populations, develop and implement policies and plans and/or develop projects that enable seniors to age in place and facilitate the creation of age friendly communities.
Age friendly communities:
• Recognize the wide range of capacities and resources among older people
• Anticipate and respond flexibly to aging-related needs and preferences
• Respect decisions and lifestyle choices
• Protect those who are most vulnerable
• Promote inclusion and contribution in all areas of community life
Golden's AFCP Task Force participated in 6 meetings, administered a survey to over 200 participants and analyzed the results. Golden's Plan is interdependent on the participation and collaboration between local government, non profits, businesses and residents.
Since the plan was crafted and distributed, the Age Friendly Community Committee has continued to meet monthly, with Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) holding space to discuss and move forward the priorities of the plan and other issues as they come up. This committee works very similar to the Early Childhood Development Coalition (ECDC), which is also hosted by Golden Community Resources Society (GCRS).
Past Minutes and resources can be found on the Committee's webpage, which is under the GoldenLoom's Phase 2 - Community Coordination project.
The SHSI was created by the Ministry of Community, Sport and Cultural Development to assist local governments to prepare for an aging population. The Ministry of Health supported the initiative by providing funds to incorporate a focus on age friendly projects.
Age friendly communities are communities where older people can live active, socially engaged lives through polices, services and structures designed to support them.
The SHSI program is intended to assist local government to support aging populations, develop and implement policies and plans and/or develop projects that enable seniors to age in place and facilitate the creation of age friendly communities.
Age friendly communities:
• Recognize the wide range of capacities and resources among older people
• Anticipate and respond flexibly to aging-related needs and preferences
• Respect decisions and lifestyle choices
• Protect those who are most vulnerable
• Promote inclusion and contribution in all areas of community life
Golden's AFCP Task Force participated in 6 meetings, administered a survey to over 200 participants and analyzed the results. Golden's Plan is interdependent on the participation and collaboration between local government, non profits, businesses and residents.
Since the plan was crafted and distributed, the Age Friendly Community Committee has continued to meet monthly, with Columbia Basin Alliance for Literacy (CBAL) holding space to discuss and move forward the priorities of the plan and other issues as they come up. This committee works very similar to the Early Childhood Development Coalition (ECDC), which is also hosted by Golden Community Resources Society (GCRS).
Past Minutes and resources can be found on the Committee's webpage, which is under the GoldenLoom's Phase 2 - Community Coordination project.