I missed the first half of our class meeting, so I didn’t get to hear the LCS alumni share about their Healthy Aging projects. We spent the second half of class discussing our book presentation and Neighborhood Assessment (NAP) projects as well as the senior prom that will take place in March. The NAP is one of our major projects in Winter quarter. For this project, we will evaluate the age-friendliness of a San Diego neighborhood of choice as we walk through the neighborhood ourselves and conduct literature search on the community’s demographics and policies. The three neighborhoods our cohort has chosen are Golden Hill/North Park, Barrio Logan, and La Jolla. Through exploring the community’s demographics, public policies and social services, and physical construction of the neighborhood, we will assess whether the community provides adequate support and an inclusive environment for our aging population. As individuals are subject to local policies and social norms, our aging experiences are strongly influenced by the communities we live in. The goal of the project is to expose us to the challenges that our seniors face in certain communities and inspire us to consider ways to improve our communities’ age friendliness in preparation for the fast-approaching demographic transition to older populations.
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June 2018
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