1.
Community
Planning and
Collaboration
for Healthy
Aging
2016 Virginia
Governor’s Conference
on Aging Today’s Presentations
o Are You Ready? Creating a Sustainable Community
for All Ages
o Fairfax County’ 50+ Plan: Involving the Community
in Every Step Along the Way
o A Region Wide Collaboration for Aging Together
o Toward a Senior-Friendly Region: Assessing &
Addressing Senior Access & Isolation in the
Richmond Metro Area

2.
Are You Ready? Creating a
Sustainable Community for All Ages
Presented by
Jane King and Gordon Walker
Age Matters Institute
Community
Planning and
Collaboration
for Healthy
Aging
2016 Virginia
Governor’s Conference
on Aging

3.
Livable Communities
for All Ages d
Strategies for Virginia’s Communities

4.
• Livability, Aging and Diversity
• Age Matters Institute, ICMA and others
• Lessons Learned
• Scorecard and Checklist, Strategic Plan on
Command
A Comprehensive Approach
http://www.justpartners.org/

5.
Focusing on Virginia
• Department of Aging and Rehabilitative Services
• Nine Communities - Assessments or Plans
• Alexandria as Test Case – Role of Commission on Aging
• The Keys to Success – Cross-Agency Involvement, Broad
Collaboration and Advocacy
• WHO/AARP Age Friendly Community Network

6.
Fairfax County’s 50+ Plan:
Involving the Community in Every
Step Along the Way
Presented by
Sharon Lynn & Jacquie Woodruff
Fairfax Area Agency on Aging, Department of Family Services
Community
Planning and
Collaboration
for Healthy
Aging
2016 Virginia
Governor’s Conference
on Aging

7.
Create a More Aging-Friendly
Community:
A Call to Action!

8.
Fairfax Area Commission on Aging
(COA)

9.
Fairfax Area Commission on Aging
Roles in 50+ Community Action Plan
▪ Completed SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses,
Opportunities, Threats) Analysis for Board of
Supervisors
▪ Co-Hosted Community Forums with the Board of
Supervisors
▪ Served on 50+ Steering Committee,
Subcommittees, and Workgroups
▪ Serves as COA Advocates for the 31 Plan
Initiatives
▪ Develops Annual Report on the Plan for Board of
Supervisors

10.
What is a livable, lifelong community?

11.
A Call to Action!

12.
Community Forums
County Forum on Creating a More Aging-Friendly Community
Ideas from June 5, 2013 Forum at West Springfield Government Center
SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY
Comments Number of
Votes
Create resources for “Villages” or “Village Model.” 16
Make resources available – healthcare/home. 10
Life Style Coaches/Leisure Coaches to promote healthy habits. 10
Seek small fund grant options to build capacity. 7
Number of participants: 46
50+ Community forums were held across the county. The public was invited to
participate in the process of developing the 2013/2014 50+ Action Plan. At most of the
meetings, after a brief introductory session, the participants were invited to participate
in two of five small group discussions focused on the following topics: Housing,
Transportation, Community Engagement, Safe & Healthy Community, and Services. At
the end of each small group session, the participants were asked to vote on the three
ideas or initiatives that they thought were most important. The votes for particular ideas
were totaled in the "Number of Votes" column of the forum data. Some smaller forum
participants did not have the opportunity to vote.

13.
50+ Community Action Plan Brochure

14.
50+ Community Action Plan Brochure

15.
Long Range Planning
▪ Trends Analysis of Fairfax County 50+ Residents
Services for Older Adults and
Family Caregivers
▪ Caring for the Caregiver
▪ Creating a Communication Buzz
▪ Home Health Care Cooperative
▪ Housing for Older Homeless Adults and Those at
Risk of Becoming Homeless
▪ Optimizing the Number of Links into the County’s
Older Adults Page

16.
Services for Older Adults and
Family Caregivers
▪ Caring for the Caregiver
▪ Creating a Communication Buzz
▪ Home Health Care Cooperative
▪ Housing for Older Homeless Adults and Those at
Risk of Becoming Homeless
▪ Optimizing the Number of Links into the County’s
Older Adults Page

17.
Safe and Healthy Communities
▪ Project Lifesaver Expansion
▪ Criminal Exploitation Prevention
▪ Building Community Partnerships to Enhance
Behavioral Health Science for Seniors
▪ Park Authority 50+ Initiatives
▪ Pre-Notification 911
▪ Arts Initiative

18.
Community Engagement
▪ Increase Employment and Entrepreneurship
Opportunities
▪ Fairfax 50+ Community
▪ GrandInvolve Program: Intergenerational
Volunteering in Elementary Schools
▪ Kaleidoscope 50+: Perspectives on Culture
▪ Library Opportunities for 50+
▪ Neighbor to Neighbor
▪ Venture into Volunteering

19.
Transportation
▪ Senior Mobility Fair
▪ Partnership to Provide Medical Transportation
▪ Mobility Management Program
▪ Northern Virginia Rides (NV Rides)
▪ Universal Real-time Online Transit Data Portal

20.
Housing
▪ Accessibility Guide for Home Modifications
▪ Latitude in Land Use Cases for Affordable Older
Adult Housing
▪ Neighborhood-Based Older Adult Housing
▪ Home Property Management Services
▪ Home Sharing Initiative
▪ Help People Stay in their Homes with Technology
▪ Universal Design

21.
Adult
For more information:
www.fairfaxcounty.gov/OlderAdults

22.
A Region Wide Collaboration
for Aging Together
Presented by
Chris Miller
Aging Together
&
Cathy Zielinski
Rappahannock Rapidan Planning Commission
Community
Planning and
Collaboration
for Healthy
Aging
2016 Virginia
Governor’s Conference
on Aging

23.
Aging Together
Examples from three key collaborations

24.
Transportation –
Foothills Area Mobility System
● Rappahannock Rapidan
Regional Commission
● Aging Together
● RRCS/Area Agency on
Aging
● Virginia Regional Transit
➢Coordinated Human
Services
Transportation Plan
➢Public Transportation
➢Para-Transit
➢Volunteer
Transportation
➢Mobility Management
➢One Call Center
➢Travel Training
➢Foothills Express

25.
Law Enforcement & EMS
Falls Prevention Elder Abuse Prevention

26.
Aging Services Providers
Family Caregiver Training

27.
Toward a Senior-Friendly Region:
Assessing & Addressing Senior Access
& Isolation in the Richmond Metro Area
Presented by
Dr. John Accordino
Dr. Meghan Gough
Dr. Ivan Suen
Jamie Pham
Virginia Commonwealth University
Community
Planning and
Collaboration
for Healthy
Aging
2016 Virginia
Governor’s Conference
on Aging

28.
MAPPING SENIOR ACCESS & ISOLATION
IN THE RICHMOND REGION
A PILOT STUDY AND ANALYSIS
Prepared by:
Dr. John Accordino
Dr. Meghan Gough
Dr. Ivan Suen
Jamie Pham, Graduate Student
Center for Urban & Regional Analysis (CURA@VCU)
May 2, 2016

29.
5/2/16
Supported
By Our
Partners:

30.
5/2/16
CURA @ VCU
How Can We
Improve Our
Built
Environment
to Allow
People to Age
in Place?

31.
5/2/16
CURA @ VCU
Project
Goals:
▪ Map Senior Concentration and
Access to Amenities and Services
▪ Collaborate with Local Governments
and Interested Organizations
▪ Improve Senior Accessibility and
Livability

32.
5/2/16
CURA @ VCU
Phase I:
Senior
Access and
Isolation at
the level of
the Richmond
Regional
Planning
District
▪ Services and Amenities
▪ Accessibility to Senior Destinations
▪ Persons 60 years and Older and
Their Accessibility to Senior
Destinations
▪ HH and HL Map

33.
5/2/16
CURA @ VCU
Services
and
Amenities:
▪ Housing
▪ Healthcare Services
▪ Shopping
▪ Groceries
▪ Fitness and
Recreation
▪ Transportation
▪ Social Services

34.
5/2/16
CURA @ VCU
Map I

35.
5/2/16
CURA @ VCU
Map II

36.
5/2/16
CURA @ VCU
Map III

37.
CURA @ VCU
Phase II:
Mapping of
Senior Access
to Shopping
and Amenities
at the
Neighborhood
Level (Willow
Lawn).
▪ Map I: Accessibility to Amenities and
Services
▪ Map II: Walkability

38.
CURA @ VCU
5/2/16
0 0.5 1
Map I

39.
CURA @ VCU
5/2/16
Map II
0 0.4

40.
CURA @ VCU
Walkability
of Willow
Lawn
Lack of crosswalks
Sidewalk
Disconnect
5/2/16