Monday, February 4, 2008

What's your priority for making communities elder-friendly?

In the newsletter Connections, American Society on Aging (ASA) members identified as their top three policy priorities to make communities more elder friendly:

  • 59% Public transportation improvements
  • 25% Universal design requirements in building codes
  • 10% Walkability mandates in urban planning
Public transportation improvement has been a chronic need for older people in this community since the days of the Older Adult Service Providers Consortium, the Milwaukee Aging Consortium's predecessor organization.

Are those the priorities you'd list, too? What could we do to fix the problems of getting around? We'd love to hear from you.

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