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• respect and dignity
• active engagement in communication and decision
making
• access to a safe living environment
• fairness and equity
• self-determination and choice
Age friendly projects
• The Bench Project
• The Gatekeeper Project
• Reflections on Aging
• Age Friendly Businesses
• Resources on the Go!
The Strategy was developed based on extensive
consultations, using a framework consistent with the
World Health Organization’s (WHO) Dimensions of Age
-Friendliness. The Older Adult Strategy includes 64
recommendations, including 6 foundational, and 58 that
relate to the World Health Organization’s 8 domains.
The City of Guelph is committed to becoming agefriendly
in each of these 8 identified domains:
1) Social participation
Goal - Guelph will offer facilities and programs that
allow older adults to participate in recreational and social
activities as they age
2) Transportation
Goal - Older adults in Guelph will have access to a range
of public, private and community-run transportation
services that are accessible, safe and affordable.
3) Communications and information
Goal - In Guelph, older adults and those who care for
them will have easy access to comprehensive, timely and
clear information regarding services and supports relevant
to them.
4) Community support and health services
Goal - Guelph will be a community known for offering
health and community services that fully support the well
-being of older adults.
5) Housing
Goal - For older adults in Guelph, housing is available,
affordable and supported sufficiently to allow them to
choose where they will live as they age
6) Respect and social inclusion
Goal - In Guelph, all older adults will be treated
respectfully and included fully in social life.
7) Outdoor spaces and public buildings
Goal - Buildings and outdoor spaces in Guelph will be
safe, accessible, and appropriate for older adults.
8) Civic participation and employment
Goal - Guelph will be a place where older adults can
contribute to the health of the economy and the
community by actively participating in paid and unpaid
work.
I really encourage you to visit the City of Guelph
website. I have only mentioned a small part of what is
available for your learning or refreshing on the Older
Adult Strategy and/or Age Friendly projects. We will also
continue to update you in reference to our GWSA plans
to provide the means to update our community profile in
relation to seniors.
https://guelph.ca/plans-and-strategies/older-adultstrategy/
Donna Keating
Vice-President / Vice-Chair
Guelph – Wellington Seniors Association
SILVERTONES CHOIR CHRISTMAS CONCERT
When: Friday, December 1, 2023, at 2:00 p.m.
Where: Trinity United Church
400 Stevenson Street N
Guelph
Good Will Cash Offering
(Parking in church lot, side streets by church or Speedvale Plaza)
The Sentinel - November 2023 — Vol. 48, No. 3