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- 2010.06.16 -
Announcing Three New Community Guidebooks! PLANNING TOOLS FOR ELDER-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES offer valuable information to citizen planners and activists, as well as professionals in aging. Made possible by the Daniels Fund, these new tools are available for free download at www.agingindiana.org.
Read more... - 2010.04.26 - Roundabout Indiana
So much going on this spring. It's quite exciting. Following months of planning and networking, citizens in LaGrange, Indiana met
Read more... - 2010.04.08 - Linton Online Mobility Survey Results Announced
Linton, Indiana is the site of a pilot study designed to demonstrate the potential of the online survey as a tool to gauge seniors' public opinions around key issues.
Read more... - 2010.03.09 - 2010 Conference on Ministry with the Aging: Save the Date
Aging Together with Grace and Dignity: A two-day event providing education for persons involved in older adult ministry and care is scheduled for May, 2010.
Read more... - 2010.02.20 - Linton Transportation/Pedestrian Survey
Residents of Indiana Zip Code 47441 (including the City of Linton) are eligible to win one of five $100 prizes by simply completing an 8 minute on line survey
Read more... - 2010.01.22 - Larimer County, Colorado Prepares for the Future
170 Larimer County citizens gathered in Fort, Collins to prepare for the future
Read more... - 2010.01.08 - New Report Addresses Aging Workforce in Indiana
Aging Implications: A Wake-Up Call, is the title of a new report recently released by the Indiana State Chamber Foundation Workforce Wise Project
Read more... - 2009.12.15 - December Events Focus on Aging Experience
Two events await South Central Indiana citizens interested in the aging experience
Read more... - 2009.12.03 - Aging with a Developmental/Intellectual Disability: Current Trends and Practices
Nearly 11,000 Kentucky citizens with developmental/intellectual disabilities live with family carers over the age of 60.
Read more... - 2009.12.01 - Georgia for a Lifetime
In 2008, the Georgia Council on Aging was commissioned
Read more... - 2009.10.27 - Announcing the publication of Elderburbia: Aging with a Sense of Place in America
Elderburbia: Aging with a Sense of Place in America, by Philip B. Stafford, Ph.D. Westport, CT: Praeger Press is the first book length treatment of the elder-friendly communities movement in the U.S.
Read more... - 2009.09.21 - Southeastern Indiana Funders Building Awareness of Aging
Community, corporate and family foundation leaders gathered at the beautiful YMCA facility in New Albany, Indiana to spend time learning about and discussing the implications of the changing age demographics
Read more... - 2009.08.12 - Making Indiana Elder-Friendly
Living Long...Living Well.. is the theme for the second annual Mid-America Institute on Aging
Read more... - 2009.06.27 - Indiana Grantmakers Face Demographics of Aging
In recognition of the changing age demographics, Indiana Grantmakers Alliance will help philanthropy throughout Indiana face aging issues head on.
Read more... - 2009.06.10 - State Chamber Initiates Aging Workforce Study
WORKFORCE WISE is the title of a new statewide research, education and advocacy initiative of the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce Foundation.
Read more... - 2009.05.22 - Kansas City Region Addressing the Demographic Imperative
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Read more... - 2009.01.12 - Stafford to Keynote Workshop on Elder Friendly Communities
Phil Stafford, Director of the Institute’s Center on Aging and Community, will provide the keynote speech at a one-day workshop entitled Elder Friendly Communities: A Northwest Indiana Planning Project, on Friday, January 16, 2009 at the Radisson Star Plaza Hotel, Merrillville, Indiana.
Read more... - 2008.10.16 - Dillsboro
Citizens in this eastern burg of Indiana will be meeting to hear the results of the AdvantAge Initiative survey of citizens 60+ in the counties of Dearborn, Jefferson, Ohio, Ripley and Switzerland – among Indiana’s more rural communities served by the Area 12 Agency on Aging – Lifetime Resources, Inc.
Read more... - 2008.10.08 - Huntington
Once again, citizens in the Huntington, Indiana area are gathering to peer into the future of aging in the Northeast Indiana region.
Read more... - 2008.09.19 - Gary
Residents and advisors of the Gary-Midtown NNORC (neighborhood naturally occurring retirement community), part of the Communities for Life initiative, met to view their survey data and begin planning action steps for the neighborhood.
Read more... - 2008.09.18 - Citizens of Huntington, Ind. Use Neighborhood Survey Data to Plan More Livable Environments for Elders
With the leadership of Bill Fetrow and the assistance of Carol Ellinger from the agency on aging, citizens of Huntington, Indiana, are taking a look at their neighborhood survey data and focusing efforts around four key areas derived from the AARP Livable Communities framework.
Read more... - 2008.09.12 - Evansville
Way down south in Evansville, things are looking good. The AdvantAge Initiative survey provided some pleasant surprises, demonstrating higher than average rates of screening and vaccinations and pretty good evaluations of neighborhood quality of life.
Read more... - 2008.09.11 - Linton
One of the two small town NNORCs, Linton, Indiana has been way ahead of the game in planning aging futures.
Read more... - 2008.08.25.v5 - Ellettsville
Elletsville, Area 10
Read more... - 2008.08.25.v4 - West Central Indiana
Area 7 Agency on Aging represents west central Indiana, and is a division of WCIEDD, the West Central Indiana Economic Development District.
Read more... - 2008.08.25.v2 - Richmond and Muncie
Eastern Indiana benefits from the long time leadership and innovative practices of two Area Agencies on Aging: Area 9 In Home and Community Services, based in Richmond, and LifeStream Services, based in Muncie.
Read more... - 2008.08.25.v1 - Martindale and Brightwood
With funding and support from the Indiana Division of Family and Social Services Administration, Division of Aging and the University of Indianapolis Center for Aging and Community, the residents of the Martindale/Brightwood neighborhoods of Indianapolis are organizing themselves to create a better place to grow old.
Read more... - 2008.08.25.v3 - Marion County
Five central Indiana Area Agencies on Aging are taking the lead to develop local planning initiatives from the recently released AdvantAge Initiative survey.
Read more... - 2008.08.07 - South Bend Neighborhood Taking the Lead in Creating a Good Place to Grow Old
For several months, older residents of the LaSalle Park neighborhood in South Bend, Indiana have been discussing the strengths of and the challenges faced in their community.
Read more... - 2008.08.06 - Northeast Indiana Community Leaders Look Towards the Future
Mayors, county executives, planners, funders, aging advocates and other community leaders from nine counties in Northeast Indiana are gathering to receive the first “dose” of data from the recent AdvantAge Initiative survey, the most comprehensive survey of older adults conducted in Indiana to date.
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