AGE FRIENDLY COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN Date: January 2015, updated April 2015

Goal and timeline Actions –What will be done? Requirements – What will be Indicators of Success Updates Who will do it? required to meet the goals and effectively employ actions? Create a senior’s - Speak and meet with Seniors - look at CBT grant availability Level of use by seniors - The seniors that advocate position to Centre to see level of interest and their supporters Mickey spoke with assist older adults, - compile need statistics are interested in provide guidance by around need in community having an older September 2015 Mickey Balas person take on this position Provide Elder Abuse - Letter of intent for grant has - Grant approval (CREA) Program availability and - The Women’s Awareness Program by been sent awareness Centre did not get January 2016 - Bring training to Golden the funding for this Golden Community Resources program Society - Melanie Myers and - Ruth will take it to Victim Ruth are looking into services other options

Hire an Age Friendly - apply for CBT CIP grant by - time to write the grant and - The Age Friendly - Action completed Committee Coordinator Feb 11 present Committee has a by April 2015 - present at CIP meeting at - letters of support coordinator that has the March 4 - grant approval time and skills to - look into other funding oversee, promote and sources if necessary such as BC encourage the Hydro, Credit Union, Senior implementation of the Horizons AFCP, organize regular Jim and Susan Halvorson, meetings, and look for Monica De other sources of funding to sustain the position and work on the AFCP Prioritize maintenance - ToG increase priority of - cooperation from ToG - more activity, better and clearing of sidewalks paths/sidewalks – specifically - town/public buy-in health, more and pathways year-round Hwy 1 from overpass to Upper - more awareness accessibility, less to enable safe passage Donald Golden Rd isolation - public gravel boxes to deal - safer, less icy paths with ice patches - more security/safety - slip on ice traction devices for shoes program Joy Orr, Susan and Jim Provide conduit between - Contact businesses and - demonstrated need - Seniors will have seniors and meal seniors to determine need greater access to quality, providers by Feb 2015 and desire prepared meals - Chris Hambruch Smart Phone – education - Courses - funding, facilitator and awareness - info session - peer to peer

Personal Interest Courses - Identify interest areas - Enough participants and Programs - Identify benefits

Community Ambassador - Volunteers - Program - Provide ‘in the street community info/ assistance Look into transportation - See what is available - Time to do the research for seniors through BC transit