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Hamilton’s Older Adult Plan

Hamilton’s Older Adult Plan. … living in an Age-Friendly Community. The Task. To develop a high level Older Adults Plan for City of Hamilton at September 8 Emergency and Community Services Committee that will guide Hamilton towards becoming a more Age-Friendly City

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Hamilton’s Older Adult Plan

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  1. Hamilton’s Older Adult Plan … living in an Age-Friendly Community

  2. The Task • To develop a high level Older Adults Plan for City of Hamilton at September 8 Emergency and Community Services Committee that will guide Hamilton towards becoming a more Age-Friendly City • Hamilton Council on Aging (HCoA), City of Hamilton working together under a Steering Committee that includes Seniors Advisory Committee, YWCA, McMaster, SAC, HCCI, Regional Indian Centre, Centre Santé Communautaire and others from HCoA • Plan will be nested into what the City has underway, identify gaps, flag opportunities, make recommendations for improvements and add an Older Adults and Age-Friendly lens • Identify opportunities to leverage, assets to build on with both City and in the Community • Scope stops at Health, except strategic forays in the grey area between Community Services/ Aging in Place and Health

  3. Process • This is the second of two “system” oriented conversations that will help develop recommendations on possible systems changes that would improve access to existing programs and services. • Numerous interviews with City Staff • March 5, Social Participation • Next – Consultation Workbook for small, self-organized group discussions (April- May) • 6 Focus groups with older adults across the City (April- May) • Bring findings back to City Staff interviewed and Steering Committee (mid June) to discuss proposals, add solutions, work through issues, build relationships

  4. Transparency • Follow us on twitter @AFH_Hub or our blog http://oconnordf.wordpress.com • Check out the HCoA website where we will be posting documents http://coahamilton.ca/what-we-do/age-friendly-hamilton/city-of-hamilton-older-adult-plan/

  5. Today: Guiding Questions • Enabling Aging in Community We know that some social and environmental determinants of healthy aging have a greater impact than others. What changes can we make locally that would have the greatest impact on people’s chances of aging in community? • How can we work together on some of these issues to bring about change? (Participants will be invited to lead a conversation on one of the themes identified during the report back) • Communication and Information: Improving Connectivity - How do we work together to move forward on coordinating and streamlining communication and information?

  6. Today • Dr. Mary Buzzell on the concept of “personhood” • Conversations: Quickly inventory what’s available for a) the well-fit, b) people needing some assistance, c) people who need much assistance and where are the gaps • Identify systemic barriers that people experience e.g. affordability, availability, mobility • A brief demonstration from Pauline Kajiura on 211 and the new RedBook of Hamilton • Conversations:How do we overcome the barriers? Are there opportunities? • Participants create an agenda for the last conversation: develop recommendations for better coordination of planning, communication and information dissemination and other ideas that come from the day • Identify next steps for recommendations that require more refinement/ input/ expert or consumer knowledge. Volunteers?

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