April 6th, 2016 Kiwanis Seniors’ Community Centre

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Agenda

1. Welcome and General Updates

2. Working Group Updates

3. 3:00 pm BREAK

4. Working Group Updates Continued

5. Update on Evaluation Project – Jen Kirkham, Mischevious

Cat Productions

6. Conversation: AFLN After June 2016

7. Wrap Up and Next Meeting Date

Welcome and General Updates

• Welcome to new and returning AFLN members

• General Updates:

– International Federation on Aging and World Health Organization

(WHO) Meeting with Age Friendly Communities

– Ideas Exchange: Reducing Seniors’ Social Isolation, hosted by the

Ontario Seniors’ Secretariat

– Webinar hosted by Public Sector Digest Adapting to an Aging

Population. Age Friendly London gave presentation

– London for All: A Roadmap to End Poverty.

Access report here: http://www.london.ca/povertypanel

• Remember to check the sign in table for documents and hand

outs

Working Group Updates

Community Support & Health Services

1) An educational project on navigating the healthcare system. With Western Health Communication Students. Topics:• Healthy Aging at Home• Social Isolation and Mental Health• Preparing for Doctor’s appointments• Chronic Disease prevention and management• Transferring between different services

2) Continue reviewing seniors helping seniors through volunteer services that are in place in the London Middlesex area.

Community Support & Health Services

3) Continue reviewing multi-lingual system navigator processes

4) Supporting projects involving reaching out to isolated seniors.• Meals on Wheels and the London Distress Centre,• Faith Communities in London • Hutton House and “Seniors Centres Without Walls”

Communication & Information

1) Enhancing 211 awareness - 211 Day Event at Cherryhill Mall on February 26th- Ongoing awareness & promotion strategy needed

2) AFLN “Micro-Site” under development - (seniors.informationlondon.ca) to improve search

capabilities for seniors

Communication & Information

3) Develop promotional opportunities & media outreach- collaborated with the Rogers “Making the Most of Your Retirement” series

4) Proud Supporter Badge rollout - 9 applications approved

Civic Participation & Employment

1) Experience Works toolkit for older workers and employers

• Group has secured funding through the Workforce Development Board to update and re-launch the Experience Works Toolkit for mature job seekers and employers

• Exploring opportunities to conduct research on the unique needs of mature workers

Participation and Employment

2) Turning a hobby into a business

• Creative Age Marketplace – Friday May 27th, 2016, 10 am –4pm, Central Library Citi Plaza

• Session by Small Business Centre on how to turn a hobby into a business

• -If you are interested in being an exhibitor at the Marketplace, please contact Leonor (LPL) at 519-661-5122

Civic Participation & Employment

Respect & Social Inclusion

1) Anti-ageism workshops and education

• Rolling out workshops at high schools in April/May. Workshops will be facilitated by one student and one older adult AFLN member

• Conversation with the London Youth Advisory Council

• Grant application through Western University – Aging Empathy Lab

Respect & Social Inclusion

2) Recognition of seniors • Group will be recommending a nomination for the Senior of

the Year Award

3) Intergenerational gardening • Planning an Age Friendly “Balconies Beautiful” event at Hale

St Seniors Building on June 2nd

4) Addressing ageism in healthcare • Sharing our ageism educational materials at Geriatric

Medicine Refresher Day May 4th

Social Participation

1) Age Friendly London Conference • Conference sold out (450 attendees)• Excellent presentations and exhibits

2) New connections with retirement communities• Opening their doors to seniors in the community• Advertising events in the Seniors’ Satellites brochure• Exploring new programming partnerships

Social Participation

3) Updating the Recreation & Leisure Guide• Redesign with new format and AFL logo/colours• Adding geographical information and maps to make it easier to

find programs in your area

4) Fitness to Frailty Index• Working with Masters of Public Health Student this summer

5) REXPO – 10th Annual Recreation and Leisure Fair• Sat April 9th, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM• Kiwanis Seniors Community Centre

Housing

1) Identify emerging housing options

• Student Project on housing options completed

• Working on final report

• Report Highlights: Universal Design standards, various housing models such as market housing options, social housing, co-operative housing, home sharing, etc.

Housing

2) Seniors Housing Directory• Reminder that you can find the Social & Affordable Housing

Directory online and can request paper copies

3) Peer Training for Aging Tenants• Peer-training workshops in April/May• Offered by the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation

BREAK

Back at 3:15 pm

Working Group Updates Continued

Transportation

1) Guide to London Transit • Now available in both booklet and brochure• Brochure is available in Spanish, French and Arabic• Also translating booklet into additional language and Braille

(upon request)

2) Designated Seniors Parking • Group has been contacting mall owners/managers about

creating designated parking spaces for seniors

Transportation

3) Shift Rapid Transit – Input provided to the current environmental assessment

4) London ON Bikes – Input provided on future cycling routes, programs and policies

5)City Transportation – feedback and monitoring of traffic signal accessibility and pedestrian crossing improvements

Outdoor Spaces & Buildings

1) Age Friendly Business Program • Pilot with Old East BIA completed• Age Friendly Business Resource Guide under

development

2) Community Centre ProjectsNew Southwest Community Centre, YMCA and Library (to Open Sept. 2018)

• Design reviewed by Accessibility Advisory Committee and again by the Built and Environment and Facilities Sub-Committee on Feb. 4, 2016

Outdoor Spaces & Buildings

2) Community Centre Projects (Continued)

New East Community Centre (to Open Late 2018/Early 2019)• Community Open House held on March 4, 2016 – lots of

input received regarding programs for seniors, accessibility and park redevelopment

• Next Open House week of June 20th, 2016

Presentation by Jennifer Kirkham

Mischevious Cat Productions Inc.

AFL Evaluation Project Update

Project Funded by the Government of Ontario

Age Friendly London Evaluation

Project

Four deliverables for the project:

1. Evaluation of the Age Friendly London Network

(AFLN) Process and Structure

2. Evaluation of the Impact of the Age Friendly

London Three Year Action Plan

3. Conducting a Community Survey

4. Conducting Focus Groups

Our Path Forward

Phase One

AFLN Process and Structure

Phase Two

Community Survey and

WHO Indicators

Phase Three

Focus Groups

Phase Four

Impact Analysis

December 2015 February to April

2016May 2016

June to September2016

Phase One: Evaluation of the AFLN

Process and Structure

AFLN Member Survey

Developed questions: November 2015

Piloted survey: November 2015

Administered survey: November 30 to December 18, 2015

Focus of this Phase of the Evaluation

Project Deliverables:

Evaluation of the AFLN process and structure

Evaluation of the impact of the Age Friendly London Three Year Action Plan

Project Outcomes:

Impact of the implementation of the Age Friendly Action Plan on the overall

age-friendliness of London, from the perspective of AFLN members

Effectiveness of the AFLN structure and governance to implement Action

Plan strategies

Intentional and unintentional impact that the AFLN has had on individuals

and senior-serving organizations

New or emerging community needs related to building an Age Friendly City

Emerging Themes

AFLN members feel that:

The implementation of the Age Friendly London Three Year

Action Plan has had some level of impact on the overall age-

friendliness of London

All eight of the working groups have had some impact on the

overall age-friendliness of London

The network is meeting its stated purpose

There have been both intentional and unintentional impacts as a

result of the work of the network

Emerging Themes

Structure and process is providing the infrastructure required to

positively impact the development of an age friendly city

Much has been accomplished AND much more needs to be done

Key areas that require additional focus:

o Sustainability (membership recruitment, retention and

engagement, and resources)

o Community awareness of and engagement with the initiative

o Communication amongst working groups and within the network

as a whole

Phase One: what does this mean?

This is one piece of the evaluation

Much more data needs to be collected, from different

sources and perspectives

Off to a good start

Now on to the next phase!

Phase Two Update

Phase One

AFLN Process and Structure

Phase Two

Community Survey and

WHO Indicators

Phase Three

Focus Groups

Phase Four

Impact Analysis

December 2015 February to April

2016May 2016

June to September2016

Community Survey

Community survey to assess older adults’ self-perceived ratings of age-friendliness in London

1. Questions based on WHO indicators

2. Survey was piloted with Advisory Committee members and other older adults, and revised

3. Random sample (survey sent to 3,000 Londoners aged 55+)

4. Data collection (February to April 2016)

5. Data analysis (May 2016)

Community Survey Responses

Random Sample

• 3,000 surveys mailed (March 11, 2016)

• 340 surveys completed and still receiving more!

• Statistically significant and findings can be generalized to all Londoners aged 55+

Different Lenses (for comparison)

• Age Friendly London conference participants

• Spanish and Arabic speaking older adults

• Other sub-groups identified through profile of community survey respondents

• AFLN members

WHO Core Indicators

Collecting data on age friendly indicators

developed by the WHO

In 2014, the WHO Kobe Centre (WKC) drafted a

new guide on using core indicators for assessing

and monitoring the age-friendliness of cities

WHO recommends that a core set of indicators

be used to assess the age friendliness of a city.

These are the most critical and minimal set of

indicators that should be used

The draft guide and set of initial indicators was

piloted in 15 locations around the world to test

the usability and usefulness of the guide in

diverse contexts

Final guide released in December 2015

Next Steps

• Analyze results of the community survey

• Conduct focus groups with older adults based on findings from the

community survey

• Analyze achievement of Three Year Action Plan strategies

• Conduct focus groups with AFLN working groups

• Overall impact analysis

Conversation: Future of AFLN

• Tentative timeline for the next year

• Working group options past June 2016

Age Friendly London Timeline

April 2016 – March 2017

AFLN MeetingYear Three

Celebration & Open House

Summer Hiatus AFLN MeetingNew Age

Friendly Action Plan Launched

April 6 2016 June 30 2016 July-Aug 2016 October 2016 November 2016 March 2017

Year 3 Progress & Evaluation

Report brought to Council

Working Group Options Post-June

1. Working group continues to work on ongoing projects related to Action Plan strategies between June –October

2. Working Group starts a new project to work on between June –October (would require AFLN endorsement)

3. Working Group has completed their Action Plan strategies and chooses to take a break between June – October

Next AFLN Meeting Date

Next Network Meeting

Year Three Celebration & Open House

Thursday June 30th, 2016

2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Kiwanis Seniors’ Community Centre

Check www.london.ca/agefriendly for upcoming meeting dates and notes