Age Friendly Longmeadow
In 2017, Longmeadow's Select Board adopted an Age Friendly Resolution and in 2018, the Town became certified by AARP as a Dementia Friendly Community. Now, funded by the Long Range Plan update project, a new Age Friendly Taskforce has been convened to develop an action plan to achieve Age Friendly designation from AARP.
Members of the AARP Network of Age-Friendly States and Communities commit to an assessment process and cycle of continuous improvement, the steps of which typically require the member community to:
- Establish a way to include older residents in all stages of the age-friendly process
- Conduct a community needs assessment (AARP provides survey examples and access to an online tool)
Develop an action and evaluation plan based on the assessment results and submit to AARP for review - Implement the plan and work toward its goals
- Assess the impact of implementing the plan and submit progress reports
- Share solutions, successes and best practices across the age-friendly network
- Repeat!
This Age Friendly Action Plan will be incorporated into the Long Range Plan as a whole, and the summary of data analysis and public input developed throughout the process will inform each of the traditional elements of the Long Range Plan too.