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The College of Social Work is pleased to announce its new Age-Friendly Innovation Center (AFIC). The mission of AFIC is to innovate with older adults through research, education and engagement to ensure inclusion and build resiliency to make communities more age-friendly. This will be achieved through collaborating with Ohio State ...
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- CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS OF PROGRESS
- IT’S MORE A QUESTION OF, ‘HOW CAN WE BE TOGETHER IN OUR COMMUNITY? WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM ELDERS?’”
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- $2 MILLION+
- Lyfting Villages
- Neighborhood Circulators
- Nesterly
- Metro Early College Middle School
- In Their Own Words
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- 6 Vehicle Steering and Brakes
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- 50 adults received durable medical equipment
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- Building on five years of work, we are excited to announce the Age-Friendly Innovation Center
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agefriendlycolumbus.org “INSTEAD, AGING IS NOT A PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED.
– GREGOIRE, PHD DEAN, THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF SOCIAL WORK
AARP OHIO AARP LIVABLE COMMUNITIES/AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITIES AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SERVICE COORDINATORS CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES, SENIOR COMPANIONS PROGRAM CENTRAL OHIO AREA AGENCY ON AGING THE COLUMBUS FOUNDATION CENTER FOR URBAN AND REGIONAL ANALYSIS CENTRAL OHIO TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND MOBILITY SERVICES CITY OF COLUMBUS CITY OF COLUMBUS DEPARTMEN...
grant funding received by Age-Friendly to engage in research, teaching and community engagement
When volunteer-drivers are not available to transport members of the Greater Columbus Network of Villages, members can now be connected to transportation through Lyft, a rideshare app. Staf at Village in the Ville, At Home by High and Ville on the Hill coordinate with Lyft on behalf of their members — who receive the rides free of charge. Lyft driv...
The Neighborhood Circulators bus program also increases transportation options for older residents. Age-Friendly Columbus and Franklin County partnered with Clintonville-Beechwold Community Resources Center, Village in the Ville, Greater Hilltop Area Shalom Zone, Ville on the Hill and the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission to ofer neighborhood b...
Intergenerational cohabitation can promote understanding between generations and help cities like Columbus provide afordable housing options for residents. That’s why Age-Friendly Columbus and Franklin County and the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging teamed up with Nesterly — “a service and online platform that makes it easy to homeshare with anoth...
What better way to promote intergenerational understanding and creative problem-solving than by linking older adults with middle school students? Each January, Age-Friendly Columbus and Franklin County ofers “Change AGEnts” at Metro Early College Middle School. In this class, students learn about ageism, the aging process and the international age-...
“We can combat ageism in many ways. Making connections to older people. Be an efective communicator. Be
experiences with the older people were very fun. I think my favorite part was all the crazy stories they shared with us.” —METRO STUDENT “Thank you for thinking of me and including me in today’s class! It was so interesting and mind opening to hear aging discussed in the context for a younger generation and I think it helped to expand my own perspe...
There is a non-permanent rug in a long hallway that leads to the meeting space. Removal: We will remove the rug to reduce tripping hazards. Addition: We will add two chairs for a place to rest.
Learn likes and dislikes about an OnRamp neighborhood ride sharing concept and how to build trust between older riders and ride share drivers.
Gather ideas, information, etc. based on participant driving experiences.
Over the past five years, Age-Friendly Columbus and Franklin County has advocated for older adults on local, statewide and national committees:
Coalition of Age-Friendly Communities of Ohio (CAFCO) Ohio Adult Day Services Network Ohio Department of Aging, Strategic Action Plan on Aging (SAPA) Advisory Committee Ohio Department of Transportation Older Road Users Ohio Grandparents/Kinship Coalition Walk.Bike.Ohio Steering Committee
and services that provide improved and safe living conditions, and to promote collaboration among public and private agencies and groups to implement solutions to satisfy these needs and services. Age-Friendly Columbus and Franklin County is proud to partner with SSRT, which ofers a clearinghouse of information and ideas to assist older adults — in...
Older adults are consistently identified as vulnerable to climate change. The increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events pose a range of threats and opportunities for our aging world. The Grey Green Alliance is working to help communities be more climate resilient and prepared — making our communities more “livable” for people of a...
Extreme weather events pose a range of disruptive and even deadly threats to older adults More collaboration across sectors, among researchers, practitioners and older adults is needed to make communities more livable in a warmer world Many climate-related challenges are common across communities, but important diferences emerge between rural and u...
With CARES Act funding from Columbus City Council, Age-Friendly Columbus and Franklin County sought to increase equity in recovery and resiliency during the pandemic. Age-Friendly Columbus and Franklin County partnered with service coordinators in older adult afordable housing buildings and the American Red Cross of Greater Columbus Chapter to orde...
This new center is the first university-based center in the nation to embrace the full spectrum of needs, opportunities and complex issues related to age-friendly communities — bringing to bear the resources, partnerships and brainpower of a top-tier research university with the expertise of older residents to transform our communities and make the...
Becoming a “center” formalizes our existing academic, agency and industry partnerships and enhances the integration of age-friendly work into the college. But what does it mean for our community? As the Age-Friendly Innovation Center, we’ll be better positioned to: Visit agefriendlycolumbus.org to learn how you can get involved. Increase community-...
City and Regional Planning Design Engineering Environmental Science Human Development and Family Sciences Business Public Health Nursing Optometry Occupational Therapy PreMed Psychology Public Policy Social Work Veterinary Medicine
In addition to academic publications and presentations, Age-Friendly creates toolkits and resources to support easily replication of strategies and programs. Age-Friendly Business Review Checklist The Positive Aging Campaign, including “Button up ageism,” photoshoots, and billboard campaigns Safe Routes to Age in Place toolkit Bringing generations ...
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Sep 14, 2021 · Published September 14, 2021 at 4:23 PM EDT. Age Friendly Columbus. Columbus, Franklin County, and Ohio State University officials today celebrated the opening of the Age-Friendly Innovation Center. The center will blend university research with the expertise of older residents to make communities more livable.
AFIC’s mission is to innovate with older adults through research, education and engagement to ensure inclusion and build resiliency to make communities more age-friendly. Ohio State’s role as a research institution means that AFIC has the opportunity to work with highly skilled researchers, said Marisa Sheldon, who was named the center’s ...
May 7, 2021 · May 7, 2021. The College of Social Work is pleased to announce its new Age-Friendly Innovation Center (AFIC). The mission of AFIC is to innovate with older adults through research, education and engagement to ensure inclusion and build resiliency to make communities more age-friendly.
