Creating a more age-friendly Vaughan
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Share your feedback to
help shape the City’s Age-Friendly Community Action Plan
As the senior population across Canadian communities continues to increase, it is more important than ever to support the health and well-being of older adults. The City of Vaughan is taking steps to create a more age-friendly community, where all residents can be active and engaged members of society at every stage of life.
Over the next year, the
City will be developing an Age-Friendly Community Action Plan that will be
informed by studying local data and key age-friendly indicators, reviewing best
practices and promising approaches from other communities, and capturing
insights, feedback and ideas from residents and community stakeholders.
One of the first steps
in creating a more age-friendly city is engaging residents in identifying
current and future age-friendly needs across the City. Community members
can sign up for the first in a series of workshops, taking place virtually on
Tuesday April 20, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Those interested can sign up online. Residents, over the
age of 55, or caring for someone over the age of 55, can also participate in an
online survey. The survey will
be available until Monday April 26. To learn more about opportunities to
participate in the development of the City’s Age-Friendly Community Action Plan
please visit vaughan.ca/AgeFriendly.
The Age-Friendly
Community Action Plan is being developed under the direction and guidance of
the City’s Older Adult Task Force. The task force’s mandate is to make
recommendations on the implementation of action items related to the City’s
Older Adult Strategy, including exploring opportunities to move towards an
age-friendly community and the promotion of healthy seniors.
Vaughan’s Age-Friendly
Community Action Plan reinforces the City’s commitment to Active, Safe and
Diverse Communities, a strategic priority in the 2018-2022 Term of
Council Service Excellence Strategic Plan that aims to enhance well-being, enrich
Vaughan communities and maintain safety in the community.
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