Age-Friendly
San Mateo Cities and
County
Center for Age-Friendly Excellence
Advancing, vibrant, healthy, inclusive
communities for all, and…
…“Tap the potential that older people
represent for humanity” - WHO
Age-Friendly Network founded in 2005 and
today there are over 1400 cities worldwide
Cities of Brisbane, East Palo Alto, and Atherton
are next!
Eleven cities in SMC are now certified.
Center for Age-Friendly Excellence
Center for Age-Friendly Excellence
What does it mean to be age-friendly?
“ Membership … reflects cities’ commitment to listen to the needs of their ageing population, assess and monitor their age-friendliness and work collaboratively with older people and across sectors to create agefriendly physical and social environments.
Membership is also a commitment to share experience, achievements and lessons learnt with other cities and communities.”
~ World Health Organization
10,000 US adults turn 65 daily and this will
continue until 2029-2030
By 2050, at least 22% of the world’s humans
will be older persons and most will live
within cities
Center for Age-Friendly Excellence
• Outdoor spaces and buildings
• Transportation
• Housing
• Social participation
• Respect and social inclusion
• Civic participation and employment
• Communication and information
• Community support/health service
Eight Domains of Livability:
Center for Age-Friendly Excellence
Housing Element, alternate
- Senior Housing
Capital Projects
- ECR/Selby Intersection Improvement Alternatives
Neighborhood Traffic Management
Bike Pedestrian Master Plan
- Middlefield Bicycle Lane Improvement
Community Resources
- Crime Prevention, Emergency and Evaluation
Town of Atherton
Center for Age-Friendly Excellence
AF Process Model in San Mateo County
✔ County-wide core team
✔ Organize age-friendly taskforces in each city
✔ Community involvement and assessment
▪ Focus groups
▪ Existing quantitative data surveys
▪ Develop project ideas to meet needs
✔ Mayor signs Letter of Support
✔ Submit application to AARP
Center for Age-Friendly Excellence
A simple five year commitment:
✔ Planning and AARP Application Submission (During Year 1) ✔ Action Plan (2 Years after certified)
✔ Implementation (Years 1-5)
✔ Evaluation (End of Year 5)
✔ Continual Improvement
Network membership
Cities who are age friendly certified commit to a cycle of continually assessing/improving their age-friendliness
Center for Age-Friendly Excellence
An Age-friendly city generates:
✔ Economic Benefits
✔ Social Capital
✔ Infrastructure Innovations
✔ Healthy Communities
Leadership, vision and courage in San Mateo
County is exceptional. Excellent partners!
Center for Age-Friendly Excellence
Age-Friendly Summit
April 17th at 1:30 pm in Half Moon Bay
Opportunities to:
✔ Network and meet others
✔ Share successes and challenges
✔ Learn from each other
✔ Collaborate
Center for Age-Friendly Excellence
We respectfully request the support of the City:
✔ Publicize the age-friendly efforts
✔ Recommend members for the focus groups
(diverse/inclusive in ethnicity/thought/culture)
✔ Once CAFE has completed our process, your city’s
and community’s support and leadership is needed to
move forward.
Can you commit to supporting this?
Center for Age-Friendly Excellence
An Age-friendly city is an inclusive and accessible
urban/rural environment that promotes active
aging
CAFE’s (cfafe.org) mission is to advance
transformational change to create vibrant,
sustainable, supportive and inclusive communities
for all generations
Thank you for joining us in creating community!
Center for Age-Friendly Excellence
Thank you
Center for Age-Friendly Excellence