planning for our aging population glenn miller, fcip, rpp monday, december 1, 2014
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Planning for Our Aging Population
Glenn Miller, FCIP, RPPMonday,
December 1, 2014
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Planning for Our Aging Population
• Why we need to pay attention to aging• Planners and others responsible for built environment
slow to adapt to demographic shift• Can urban strategies work for rural areas?
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Why We Need to Pay Attention to Aging
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Why Focus on Aging: the Changing Demographic Reality
1961 1 Canadian in 14 is 65+
1927 Old Age Security1957 Registered Retirement Savings Plans1965 Canada Pension Plan1967 Guaranteed Income Supplement
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Understanding the Demographic Shift
2041 1 Canadian in 4 is 65+
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Physical, social & fiscal impacts
By 2041– More seniors than school age
children– More seniors than people of
working age– Dependency ratio will be 2:1– Low growth or decline in rural
communities
Source: “Canada’s Aging Population” by Health Canada and the Interdepartmental Committee on Aging and Seniors Issues, 2002
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Percentage of seniors in 2036•21.3%in the GTA •30.5% in the Northeast•43.8% in Prince Edward
Ontario Ministry of Finance 2014
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•How rural is rural?•Metropolitan Influence Zones – relocation of urbanites•“Pure” rural communities see out- migration of youth •Low growth rural economy strains municipal fiscal capacity to enhance ACT resources
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Planners and others responsible for built environment slow to adapt to demographic shift
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Why Planners Have Been Slow to Embrace “Age-Friendly Communities”
WHO Global Age Friendly Cities, A Guide (2005)
Outdoor spaces and buildingsTransportationHousingSocial ParticipationRespect and Social InclusionCivic Participation and EmploymentCommunity and Health Services
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Scale and Focus of AFC Unclear
•Competes for resources with other mainstream models•Difficult to integrate into policy & development control processes•Specific role for municipal departments unclear•Focuses on today, not adapting for tomorrow
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Can Strategies Developed for Cities Work in Rural
Communities?
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The Mobility Continuum
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Defining mobility“The freedom to move is life itself” - L. Ling Suen
• The ability to travel where and when we want• Having enough information about our travel options• Knowing how to use those options• Having the means to pay for those options • Living in an environment that offers choices throughout the lifecourse
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Reasons & Means to be Mobile
Friends & FamilyWorkplaceShoppingPlaces of WorshipHealthcareBankingRecreationEntertainment
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Factors Driving the Decision to Relocate
DRIVERS PUSH PULL
PHYSICAL Declining health/mobility Empty nester
ECONOMIC Reduced income Right sizing
SOCIAL Single householder Carefree lifestyle
LOCATION Isolated…no longer viable Attractive alternative
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The Five As applied to housing
• Availability: a range of options• Accessibility: close to services and amenities• Acceptability: safe, comfortable, pleasant• Affordability: goes without saying• Adaptability: accepts walkers, wheelchairs,
mobility scooters, or guide animals.
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• Aging in place in one’s home – risk of isolation, lack of access to amenities, or….
• Municipalities can encourage redevelopment of key sites to provide options for younger seniors to transition from SFD to apartments
Aging in Place – in the Neighourhood
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Can suburbs be successfully retrofitted?
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Aging in a familiar place?
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Successful Aging in Rural Communities Will Need Strategic Interventions
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“Design for the young and you exclude the old. Design for the old and you include everyone.” Bernard Isaacs