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The City of Hamilton has stepped up. They have commissioned the Hamilton Council on Aging to work collaboratively with the City and the community to develop an Older Adults Plan for Hamilton. For the last few months we have been figuring out how to do this. How do we mine the wisdom in the community? How do we ensure we are inclusive? How can we work closely enough with decision-makers to ensure there is buy-in and that the plan makes sense to them? That it’s achievable? That it won’t sit on a shelf, like these plans have in other communities? What’s working or in the works that we can build on?

We (my colleague, Mark Weingartner, from the City, our Steering Committee, the illustrious Age-Friendly Hamilton Committee) have had many conversations and planning sessions to plan for the plan. We conducted focus groups last summer, interviews have been done with City Staff. Past reports have been reviewed.

We are getting close.

We are launching in March with a series of conversations with those working to increase opportunities for Social Participation for Older Adults, and with leaders in communities who have something to say about how this is and could be done. March 5 from 1 – 4 pm at St. Peter’s Hospital in the auditorium. For more information email admin@coahamilton.ca. This will be followed by another conversations, one on Aging in Place, Improving Communication, Access to Information and Learning on March 20.

We will be posting meeting notes and updates on our website and I will be blogging regularly as we move ahead. You can also follow us on Twitter @AFH_Hub

Stay tuned!

Creating an Older Adults Plan for Hamilton

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