Age friendly cities

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10 May 2010

The number of Australians aged over 65 is set to double in the next 40 years, but are our cities set up and designed to deal with greater numbers of older people?

As we hear in this discussion, it's not just practical improvements like more seats and public toilets, it's attitudes towards ageing and older people that need to change too.

To talk about what makes an age friendly city are Dr John Beard, Director of the World Health Organisation's Department of Ageing and Life Course; Barbara Squires, General Manager for Ageing for the Benevolent Society; and, Professor Hal Kendig, Research Professor of Ageing and Health at the University of Sydney.

All three were speakers at the IFA 10th Global Conference on Ageing held from 3-6 May 2010 in Melbourne .

Guests

Barbara Squires
General Manager, Ageing with the Benevolent Society

Professor Hal Kendig
Research Professor of Ageing and Health at the University of Sydney

Dr John Beard
Director of the WHO Department of Ageing and Life Course

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