2015 AARP Livable Communities National Conference

See the conference agenda, read the speaker biographies and download their presentations and session materials below. 

DAY 1

Age-Friendly Sustainability

Presented by Barbara Stanton, AARP State Director Hawaii, and Joy X. Baura, Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit: 

• An Age-Friendly City for Kupuna to Keiki, Honolulu

Presented by Patricia Oh, Coordinator of Older Adult Services, Bowdoinham, Maine: 

• Bowdoinham, Maine: Member of the WHO-GNAFCC and AARP-NAFC

Review of Resources

Presented by Jeanne Anthony, Project Advisor, AARP Programs/Livable Communities:

• The Imagining Livability Design Collection
• AARP Livability Fact Sheets
• The Livability Economy
• 8 Domains of Livabilty: Resources
• 2015: Age-Friendly Report: Inspiring Communities
• AARP HomeFit
  
• In a Livable Communitiy ... (poster/handout)
  

Presented by Melissa Stanton, Editor, AARP Livable Communities (Programs)

• The Age-Friendly Network and AARP.org/Livable
  
• AARP Livable Communities Slideshows
• Livable Lessons and How To's
• "5 Questions for ..." Interview Series
• "5 Questions for ..." Mayors and Managers Interview Series
• Age-Friendly Action Plans

Presented by Coralette Hannon, Senior Legislative Representative, Government Affairs

• Complete Streets in the Southeast
  
• Evaluating Complete Streets Projects: A Practitioners Guide
  
• AARP Inclusive Home Design Tool Kit
  

Observations, Information and Resources from the WHO Global Network

Presented by Lisa Warth, Ph.D., World Health Organization:

• World Health Organization: Observations, Information and Resources

Using The Livability Index for Assessment and Action Planning

Presented by Rodney Harrell, Ph.D., Director of Livable Communities, AARP Public Policy Institute, and Shannon Guzman, Policy Research Senior Analyst, AARP Public Policy Institute:

• The Livability Index: Great Neighborhoods for All Ages

Shaping Housing Options in the Community

Presented by Christopher Coes, Director of LOCUS, Smart Growth America

• Shaping Housing Options in the Community: How to Maintain Affordability to Walkable Urban Places

Presented by Daniel Parolek, Principal, Opticos Design, Inc.

• Missing Middle Housing: Responding to the Demand for Walkable

DAY 2

Lessons from Communities Panel

Presented by Kathy Black, Ph.D., Age Friendly Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida:

• Age Friendly Sarasota: Age Friendly Community How To's (PDF)

Presented by Carmel Snyder, AARP Texas Associate State Director (Fort Worth) and Dana Burghdoff, Assistant Planning and Development Director, City of Fort Worth, Texas:

• Creating Community Partnerships

Housing Options to Support Aging in Place

Presented by Nancy Rockett Eldridge, Executive Director of the National Center for Healthy Housing, Washington, D.C.:

• SASH: Support and Services at Home

Presented by Jay Woolford, Executive Director, Senior Housing Assistance Group, Seattle, Washington:

• SHAG: Senior Housing Assistance Group: 25 Years and Counting 

Gauging Aging, Communications and Messaging

Presented by Laura Robbins, Laura A. Robbins Consulting, LLC:

• Gauging Aging (one-page summary)
• Reframing Aging