AARP Age-Friendly Community

AARP

In October 2019, the City of Orlando joined the AARP network of Age-Friendly Communities. As a member of the network, we have committed to conducting a community assessment to determine our city’s age-friendliness, to develop an action plan based on its findings and implement age-friendly initiatives.

Our first step is to engage the community through a comprehensive survey. With this survey, we are looking to hear from residents aged 45+ on what recommendations and improvements they would like to see in order to make the city more age-friendly.

As the population of our city and nation ages and residents are living healthier, more active and longer lives, it’s important we create a well-designed, livable community which promotes health and sustain economic growth, therefore creating happier and healthier residents of all ages. AARP Age-Friendly initiatives focus on areas of:

  • transportation
  • housing 
  • outdoor spaces and buildings
  • social participation
  • respect and social inclusion
  • civic participation and employment
  • community support and health services
  • communication and information