AARP URGES UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND INCLUSIVE HOMES
“We need to
design in ways that are age friendly, family friendly—facilitating ways to
interact
Communities need an interactive element.
We need
places to know one another, have fun with one another—to help people get out of
their social isolation bubbles,” said Matthew Kaplan, Ph.D., is professor of
Intergenerational Programs and Aging in the Department of Agricultural
Economics, Sociology and Education at Pennsylvania State University.
These kinds
of places nourish a higher level of civic engagement so people can work from
the ground up with government to address issues of housing types and
affordability.
The APA
paper speaks to focusing on younger and older people in the planning process:
“By focusing
on engaging these two populations, as well as the generations in the middle,
and crafting policies and plans that address their needs and bring them
together, planners can make sure their communities are good places to grow up
and grow old.”
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