Resources and useful information
International links
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization has developed a guide on Global Age-friendly cities and measures for age-friendliness
Age-friendly World
The World Health Organisation has developed a website that has information on Age-friendly activities, tools and resources from across the globe.
WHO Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities
The World Health Organisation has developed a Global Database providing information on the activities different cities and communities are doing to become more age-friendly.
National Disability Authority
The National Disability Authority provides a summary of the Universal Design Principles to guide the design of environments, products, and communications.
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
The AARP Network of Age-friendly Communities provides guidelines and tools to assist communities to become more age friendly.
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
The PHAC provides guidelines and tools to assist communities to become more age friendly.
National links and resources
Age-friendly Community Evaluation
This report was prepared for the Office for Seniors by the Auckland University of Technology Centre for Active Ageing to evaluate the process of implementing age-friendly approaches in Kāpiti Coast District, New Plymouth and Hamilton.
Age-friendly Community Evaluation report
Positive Ageing Strategy
The Positive Ageing Strategy provides guidance for the government on how to support and value older New Zealanders.
Bibliography of Age-friendly research in New Zealand
Bibliography of Age-friendly research in New Zealand is an easy reference for people who want to be informed about some of the research on older people in New Zealand.
Ageing Well Science Challenges
The Ageing Well Science Challenge website provides a summary of their currently funded research aimed at using science to sustain health and wellbeing in later years.
Age-friendly Cities and Communities: world experience and pointers for New Zealand
This report provides an overview of the international best practice for implementing the World Health Organisation's Age-friendly Cities and Communities programme in New Zealand.
Age-friendly Cities and Communities Report
Age-friendly Cities and Communities Report Summary
Resources
No car? No problem
This pamphlet provides advice and options to travel when you don’t have access to a car.
Social Isolation Checklist
This pamphlet provides information on identifying people that maybe socially isolated and ways to stay socially connected.
Age-friendly in New Zealand
This presentation provides an explanation of Age-friendly Communities and is able to be used to explain this work to your key stakeholders.
Napier Connects Toolkit
The Napier City Council and the Napier Connects team aim to create opportunities for better connections across all residents. To achieve this, they developed a toolkit. This is available for local governments to adapt to their community.
Auckland Design Manual
If you are planning to design, build or develop in Auckland the ADM will guide you through.
Dementia friendly Rotorua
Rotorua City Council has made a commitment to become Dementia friendly and this report provides information on their progress.