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Resources:Below are a variety of Resources generated by the IDEA Center’s Rural Aging in Place Initiative Adirondack Assessment Report | IDeA Center Projects | Other Links | Good Reading Adirondack Park Regional Assessment Project Report
For ideas on how to make housing more aging friendly, see the IDeA Center’s Visitability Initiative For standards, it’s the Global Universal Design Commission
Partners for Livable Communities National Association of Area Agencies on Aging New York State Office for the Aging AARP, 2000, Livable Communities: An Evaluation Guide, Washington, D.C.: AARP Public Policy Institute. AARP, 2005, A Report to the Nation on Livable Communities: Creating Environments for Successful Aging (No. 5 in the Beyond 50 series), Washington, D.C. AARP 2009, Across the States: Profiles of Long-Term Care and Independent Living, 8th edition, Washington, D.C.. Brown, D. and N. Glasgow, 2008, “Are Older In-Migrants to Rural Communities ‘Grey Gold’”, Rural New York Minute, Issue 14, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University: Community and Rural Development Institute. Brown, D. and N. Glasgow, 2008, “Grey Gold: Do Older In-Migrants Benefit Rural Communities”, Carsey Institute Policy Briefs, No. 10, Durham, New Hampshire. He, Wan et al., 2005, 65+ in the United States: 2005, U.S. Census Bureau Current Population Reports, Washington, D.C.. Ithaca College Gerontology Institute, 2007, Rural Aging Summit Final Report, Ithaca, New York: Ithaca College. National Academy on An Aging Society, 1999, Demography is not Destiny, Washington, D.C.: The Gerontological Society of America. Partners for Livable Communities, 2007, The Maturing of America — Getting Communities on Track for an Aging Population, Washington, D.C. Partners for Livable Communities, 2007, Aging in Place Technical Assistance Guide, Washington, D.C. Partners for Livable Communities with the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, 2007, Blueprint for Action, Washington, D.C. Rowe, J. and R. Kahn, 1998, Successful Aging, New York: Random House. U.S. Census Bureau, 2004, We the People: Aging in the United States, Census 2000 Special Reports Washington, D.C. |
On June 8, 2009, the Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages (AATV) and its collaborators issued their report on the Adirondack Park Regional Assessment Project . It an invaluable resource for any community developing the “bold new strategies and investment required to address the complex needs of communities within a protected landscape,” like aging in place. It is only available in hard copy, although an Executive Summary can be downloaded.