1. 2030: 1 IN 3
2000: 1 IN 5
55+ Popula0on in Indiana

3. Aging: not a personal problem, but a
community challenge

4. Indiana NNORC’s
(naturally occurring
re0rement
communi0es)
• South Bend
• Gary
• Indianapolis
• Linton
• Hun0ngton

5. AdvantAge Initiative Survey Conducted in:
10 pilot communities:
• Six neighborhoods of
Chicago, IL
• Indianapolis, IN
• Jacksonville, FL
• Lincoln Square, NYC
• Maricopa County, AZ
• Orange County, FL
• Puyallup, WA
• Santa Clarita, CA
• Upper West Side, NYC
• Yonkers, NY

6. Percentage of people age 60+ who want to remain in their current residence and are
confident they will be able to afford to do so
Unweighted N=4,272
Weighted N=918,078
Unweighted N=4,509
Weighted N=973,489
Disagree
5%
Agree*
94%
Very
Confident
61%
Not Very
Confident**
39%
Neither/
DK/RF
1%
We asked respondents whether they agree or disagree
with the following statement: “What I’d really like to do is
stay in my current residence for as long as possible.”
For people who answered “agree” we calculated the percentage of adults
age 60+ who were very confident/not very confident that they will be able to
afford to live in their current residence for as long as they would like.
*Agree includes those who said Strongly agree or Somewhat agree.
**Not Very Confident includes those who said Somewhat confident, Not too confident, Not confident at all, Don’t know, or Refused.
Figure 2.1, Indiana§
Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding and/or missing information.
Source: AdvantAge Initiative Community Survey in Indiana 2008
§ Excludes Area 2 (Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall & St. Joseph Counties) which was surveyed in 2006.

7. The Medicaliza0on of Old Age

9. Aging is not about time and the body
but
about place and relationships.

10. “Community is the
smallest unit of health.”
Wendell Berry, Health is Membership
In Another Turn of the Crank

11. Ac0ve and Contribu0ng!
 85% voted in last
elec0on
 37% contacted an
elected representa0ve
 89% made dona0on of
goods or services to
charity
 7% live with
grandchildren
 81% report good to
excellent health

12. “Our enormous and rapidly growing older
popula0on is a vast, untapped social
resource. It we can engage these
individuals in ways that fill urgent gaps in
our society, the result will be a windfall
for American civic life in the twenty‐first
century.”
Marc Freedman

13. • Housing
• Transportation
• Health Care
• Education
• Land Use
Planning
• Faith
Community

15. ADVANTAGE
SURVEY
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE
STATE
POLICY &
FUNDING
DATA
PARTICIPATION
ACTION
RESOURCES
COMMUNITIES
TRANSFORMED

16. S1619 The Livable Communi0es Act
Crea%ng Be*er and More Affordable Places to Live,
Work, and Raise Families
• Incen0ves to Plan for Livable
Communi0es
• Funding to Implement Sustainable
Development Plans
And good places to grow old…

17. “Old people everywhere.”
Christopher Alexander
A Pafern Language

18.  Philip B. Stafford, Ph.D.
 Director, Center on
Aging and Community,
Indiana Institute on
Disability & Community
 2853 East Tenth,
Bloomington, IN, 47408
 (812) 855-2163
 staffor@indiana.edu
 www.agingindiana.org