Age-Friendly Urban Environment

Progress towards a more age-friendly urban environment can be found across a number of different sectors. The Elder Academy scheme, an education, and social inclusion initiative were [blank] in early 2007 by The Labour and Welfare Bureau and the Elderly Commission. The activities provide access [blank] learning opportunities in schools and university campuses and are aimed primarily at older people who have had little or no education. The scheme optimizes the use of existing educational [blank] and has been successful in promoting both lifelong and initial learning for older people, encouraging participation, and helping to maintain physical and mental [blank] . School and university students are engaged in the scheme, thereby also promoting civic education and intergenerational understanding. Currently, some 125 elder academies in various districts and seven tertiary institutions [blank] a wide variety of courses.