Welcome to Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative

Welcome to the Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative website which is our network for the communities that are part of the Age-Friendly Initiative. Here you will find information about the participating regions and the communities within them. Feel free to select your geographical region, view the information listed and participate in the conversations, using the features built into this website. As well, browse our other website sections for general information about the Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative, its news or contact us with questions or comments.

  • You are here:
  • Home

Welcome to the new Age-Friendly communities Web site!

Launched in March 2011, the Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative Web site is an online, one-stop resource centre that will provide Age-friendly communities with information, discussions, resources, and identify key persons to assist communities in becoming more age-friendly.

 

 

Age-friendly information available on the Web site

  • Under the Resources tab, download age-friendly reports and guides, find links on other age-friendly projects, locate information specific for communities and organizations.
  • Under the Communities tab, download and adopt age-friendly committee resources, read individual community consultation reports and profiles, find age-friendly related news, and look at the community's age-friendly photo gallery.
  • Under the Media tab, find news related articles on the Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative and watch age-friendly videos.

 

Age-Friendly consultation summaries

Since the launch of the Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative communities have the opportunity
to participate in a community consultation as a way of identifying priorities.

 

During the community consultations, facilitated by Centre on Aging, University of Manitoba staff, people are invited to complete a survey and discuss their views on how age-friendly their community is and what areas need improvement.

 

The Centre on Aging has released these summaries from the collective group discussions and survey responses. The summaries are organized by six themes: Communication; Health and community services; Housing; Outdoor spaces and buildings; Participation; and Transportation.

 

View the summaries in PDF format.

 

 

Age-Friendly Manitoba welcomes 13 new communities!

 

On December 2, 2011, 13 communities were officially welcomed to the Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative.

 

  • Towns of Boissevain, Emerson, Killarney, MacGregor, Russell, and Teulon
  • Rural Municipalities of Bifrost, Harrison, Pipestone, South Cypress, Strathclair, and Whitemouth
  • Village of Somerset

This brings the total to over 80 Manitoba communities who have joined since the Initiative was first introduced in 2008.

 

Provincial news release

What do you think about age-friendly communities?

Over the summer, Centre on Aging, University of Manitoba staff developed and produced four short videos that look at Manitoba community member’s perspectives on age-friendly. Interviewed were

  • Margaret Barbour, Past-President of the Manitoba Association of Senior Centres
  • Marsha Sheppard, Advisory Member for Age-Friendly Pinawa
  • Jim Hamilton, Centre on Aging, University of Manitoba
  • Nancy Newall, Centre on Aging, University of Manitoba

See what Marsha Sheppard has to say about the Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative and how seniors can contribute to the Initiative.

 

Visit the Media section to view all the videos.

 

Age-friendly community milestones

On May 30, 2011, Healthy Living, Youth and Seniors Minister Jim Rondeau announced the province was celebrating Age-Friendly week. At the announcement, Minister Rondeau 

said the province has worked closely with the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and other provinces to develop milestones for what it means to be an age-friendly community.

The milestones for age-friendly communities are as follows: 

  • establishing an advisory committee that includes the active engagement of older adults; 
  • securing a local municipal council resolution to actively support, promote and work towards becoming age-friendly; 
  • establishing a robust and concrete plan of action that includes a needs assessment developed with older adults; 
  • demonstrating commitment to action by publicly posting the action plan; and 
  • committing to measuring activities, reviewing results and reporting publicly on action plan outcomes.

For more detailed information, view the milestones in PDF format. The milestones document is found under Resources>For communities tab.

 

Speak to a resource team member

 

If you are interested in accessing resources, holding a community consultation, promoting age-friendly, or speaking with a resource team member, all communication can be sent by email to resourceteam@agefriendlymanitoba.ca or call (204) 945-6565 (toll-free: 1-800-665-6565).

 

 

The Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative supports seniors in leading active, socially engaged, independent lives that contribute to healthy aging. Visit the “About AFMI” tab to learn more about the Age-Friendly Manitoba Initiative.