... factor analysis to identify key factors contributing to age-friendly smart cities. Data were collected from 300 elderly residents through structured surveys based on the World Health Organization’s Age-Friendly Cities framework. Principal component analysis was used to extract factors, and reliability...

...Munmun Ghosh Purpose This exploration begins with understanding the concept of age-friendly cities and communities as guided by the World Health Organisation. The purpose of this study is to assesses the potential of the concept of age-friendly cities and how these initiatives are driven...

... & Community Health , Vol. 54 No. 3 , pp. 207 - 214 . Sitting Physical activity Social isolation Loneliness Active aging Age-friendly cities Social isolation and loneliness are pervasive among older adults, worldwide. Due to their profound impact on a variety of health outcomes, social...

...Stefanie Buckner; Calum Mattocks; Melanie Rimmer; Louise Lafortune Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report how an evaluation tool originally developed for Age-Friendly Cities was pilot-tested in the context of the Dementia Friendly Community (DFC) initiative of the city of Sheffield/UK...

... use to help assess their level of age-friendliness. In addition to encouraging cities to consider these eight domains, the WHO framework also recommends that older people be placed at the centre of age-friendly developments. A key principle underlying the development of age-friendly cities...