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Age-friendly built environments have been promoted by the World Health Organisation (WHO, Geneva, Switzerland) under the Global Age-friendly Cities (AFC) movement in which three domains are related to the built environment. These are: housing, transportation, outdoor spaces and public buildings. The aim is to foster active ageing by optimising opportunities for older adults to maximise their independent living ability and participate in their communities to enhance their quality of life and wellbeing. An age-friendly built environment is inclusive, accessible, respects individual needs and addresses the wide range of capacities across the course of life. Age-friendly housing promotes ageing in familiar surroundings and maintains social connections at the neighbourhood and community levels. Both age-friendly housing and buildings provide barrier-free provisions to minimise the needs for subsequent adaptations. Age-friendly public and outdoor spaces encourage older adults to spend time outside and engage with others against isolation and loneliness. Age-friendly public transport enables older adults to get around and enhances their mobility. For achieving an age-friendly living environment, a holistic approach is required to enable independent living, inclusion and active participation of older adults in society. The eight domains of the AFC movement are not mutually exclusive but overlap and support with one another.
References
- United Nations. World Population Prospects 2019; UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs Population Division: New York, NY, USA, 2019.
- WHO. Global Age-Friendly Cities: A Guide; World Health Organization: Geneva, Switzerland, 2007.
- United Nations. Resolution 33/52: World Assembly on the Elderly (14 December 1978). Available online: https://undocs.org/en/A/RES/33/52 (accessed on 22 July 2021).
- United Nations. Report of the World Assembly on Aging: Vienna, 26 July to 6 August 1982. Available online: https://www.un.org/esa/socdev/ageing/documents/Resources/VIPEE-English.pdf (accessed on 24 July 2021).
- United Nations. Report of the Second World Assembly on Ageing: Madrid, 8–12 April 2002. Available online: https://www.un.org/en/events/pastevents/ageing_assembly2.shtml (accessed on 24 July 2021).
- WHO. Active Ageing: A Policy Framework; World Health Organization: Geneva, Switzerland, 2002.
- About the Global Network for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. Available online: https://extranet.who.int/agefriendlyworld/who-network/ (accessed on 26 March 2021).
- WHO. The Global Network for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities: Looking Back over the Last Decade, Looking Forward to the Next; World Health Organization: Geneva, Switzerland, 2018.