Aging Well in Communities: An Overview

This section of the Aging Well Toolkit introduces the community planning process, offers strategies for engaging boomers, and explains how best to position your overall aging well planning effort for success.

In particular, it discusses key foundational elements of an aging well planning process, including:

Understanding how planning for aging well in the community is different from other planning efforts
Deciding what role local government should play
Forming a broad-based, representative planning committee
Choosing language that will attract boomers and motivate them to participate in your effort
Developing cultural competence
Gathering data from your community
Reporting and using your results

We strongly recommend that you review the Community Planning section as a key first step in your aging well planning effort. That way, you’ll have the knowledge you need to develop effective resident surveys, public forums, focus groups, and other activities; engage boomers and other participants in them; and achieve beneficial results for your community.

Download Community Planning for Aging Well: An Overview (PDF)

Questions? Please contact us at (916) 646-8680 or ccp@civicpartnerships.org.