A checklist for municipal decision-makers
How to create an age-friendly municipality
The majority of services used by older people are other than social and health care services.
Provide services close to older people
Ensure that there are enough services and that they
- are close to older people
- are accessible
- form a well-functional whole.
Make apartments and environments accessible
- find out what older people wish for and need
- pay attention to accessibility right from the start of planning
- when designing and maintaining the environment, keep the older people in mind
- support the creation of solutions for communal living.
Make the municipality lively and community-oriented
Ensure that
- the residents have the premises and ways to meet
- older people have an opportunity .to engage in hobbies and studies
- NGOs have an opportunity to operate.
When you make decisions,
- listen to the older people
- consider the impacts on older people.
