Document Type
Research Report
Publication Date
6-2016
Keywords
Boston, Massachusetts, older residents, age-friendly
Disciplines
Demography, Population, and Ecology | Gerontology
Abstract
Boston’s population of residents age 60 and older is rapidly growing in size as well as racial and ethnic diversity. In response to these demographic features and as a means of assuring Boston’s commitment to current and future older residents, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced in 2014 that the City of Boston would join the World Health Organization’s Age-Friendly Cities Network, in cooperation with the Massachusetts AARP. Boston’s Age-Friendly Initiative promotes eight domains of age-friendliness: outdoor spaces and buildings, transportation, housing, social participation, respect and social inclusion, civic participation and employment, communication and information, and community supports and health services. In this report, we describe the needs assessment portion of the age-friendly transformation process.
Community Engaged/Serving
Part of the UMass Boston Community-Engaged Teaching, Research, and Service Series. //scholarworks.umb.edu/engage
Recommended Citation
Mutchler, Jan; Coyle, Caitlin; and Gleason, Hayley, "Age-Friendly Boston: Assessing need and charting a course of action" (2016). Center for Social and Demographic Research on Aging Publications. 70.
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/demographyofaging/70