Forum 2018

May 23, 2018 — All day

The Second Forum on Age-Friendly Societies “Towards a world adapted for older adults: Maintaining Quality of Life” was hosted by the LIFE Research Institute and ILC-Canada on April 30th and May 1st, 2018 at the University of Ottawa. Thank you to Air Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), Réseau Sélection, the National Association of Federal Retirees (NAFR) and WestJet for their support towards this event. The goal of this forum was to develop concrete strategies of integrated solutions that addresses quality of life for individuals as they age.

Forum 2018

The objectives of this forum were:

To identify the top issues to address around age-friendly (A-F) health care, A-F homes, A-F retail and A-F air travel;
To develop questions and actions that necessitate integrated approaches;
To foster the development and continued collaboration of teams for research and policy change;

20 key research projects/questions were identified for potential collaborations around the forum`s four main pillars

Age-friendly health care
Age-friendly homes
Age-friendly retail
Age-friendly air travel

The four pillars were chosen as the result of a similar Forum held in 2016, where health care, home care, retail and air travel were identified as key to improving the quality of life for older Canadians. A summary of the top issues on each of the four pillars as identified through grey and scientific literature was given to all attendees.

Forum Summary - Advancing collaborations

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