Get Involved

• Think about how you can better include, respect and work with older adults at and through your work.
• Make small changes to the physical facility where you work, your printed materials, or the products or services you offer to better attract and serve older adults.
• Ask older adults you work with to share their experiences and knowledge so you and others can benefit from it.

• Volunteer your time and donate your money to causes that benefit older adults.
• Find opportunities to help by looking in your neighborhood – join official programs that cater to the elderly in your community

Whenever you can, allow them to offer their knowledge and skills to you.
Let them know you are available to help with:

• Household tasks,
• Picking up an item during shopping,
• Troubleshooting electronic devices.

Or in emergencies,
If you see an older person standing on line—at pharmacies, banks, grocery stores, the post office or outside a restroom—let them go in front of you or offer to hold their place and let them sit down.

Older adults often have trouble reaching items on high or low shelves and lugging purchases or laundry upstairs. If you see an older person struggling, offer to help.

Join our Age-Friendly Advisory Committee and help provide input and be involved in the planning and work the initiative is doing.

• Learn about what “age-friendly” means and what strategies can help make communities more livable.
• Think about the religious and civic organizations you belong to (or others you may want to join) can better include older adults and consider their needs.
• Advocate for the needs of older adults at community meetings and make sure that there are older adults equally at the table.

• When driving your car or riding your bike or scooter, follow traffic laws and do not ride on the sidewalk
• Be patient as many older adults cannot keep the pace of traffic signals, and some are further challenged by vision impairments.
• Pedestrians can help others cross the street, report potholes and drainage problems to 311 and keep sidewalks clear by sweeping or picking up litter.