Community Action Plan

The Grey Bruce Falls Prevention and Intervention Program:

• Utilizes the World Health Organization’s Age Friendly Cities Checklist and the Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program’s (MAREP) Age Friendly Community Framework to address the many factors involved with fall risk across the lifespan.
   
• Engages older adults across Grey and Bruce Counties in completion of the Age Friendly Community Audit and discuss of factors that make their communities safe and liveable.

Age Friendly Community Audit

The Age Friendly Community Audit asks older adults to consider the suitability of material, construction, condition, maintenance and location of:

• Sidewalks, Pathways, Trails and Stairs

• Transportation

• Access

• Public Buildings and Spaces

• Safety and Security

• Policy

Older adults are asked to various components within each section

Based on Current Status and Priority.

Results of the Age Friendly Community Audit are used to encourage dialogue, raise awareness and link Age Friendly principles to falls prevention and the safety needs of older adults living in Grey and Bruce Counties.

Diagram from the World Health Organization