Age-friendly Kingston
If you are 45 or older, the City wants your input to help develop the Age-friendly Kingston Plan.
The City of Kingston is developing an Age-Friendly Plan in keeping with the theme and direction of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Age-friendly Cities guide (see link at right). According to WHO, the population of senior citizens (over age 65), throughout the world will more than double within the next few decades. With one of the largest populations of seniors per capita in the country, Kingston is preparing with the creation of an Age-friendly Cities Plan. The plan will address:
- Outdoor Spaces and Places;
- Transportation
- Housing
- Social Participation
- Respect and Social Inclusion
- Civic Participation and Inclusion
- Communication and Information
- Community Support and Health Service
If you would like to participate in a focus group to provide input into these eight areas, please email AgeFriendly@cityofkingston.ca or call 613-546-0000, ext. 3182.
Please provide: your name, age, address and contact information.If you are selected to participate in a focus group, you will be contacted and provided with more information. Focus groups will take place early in 2012.
