Tucson Adopts Age-Friendly Action Plan

Tucson, Ariz., has approved an action plan to make the city more age-friendly, reports KGUN9.com . A task force from the City of Tucson, the Pima Council on Aging, the Elder Alliance, and AARP spent more than two years brainstorming a five-year plan to improve areas vital to older adults. Such areas include outdoor space and buildings, safe and convenient transportation options, affordable housing appropriate for those with disabilities, communication and information customized for seniors, culturally-based social activities, and employment via age-friendly business practices and volunteerism. "If you make a city livable for someone who is eight years old and 80 years old, you're going to make it livable for people in between," says the Pima Council on Aging's Maddy Bynes. "So a lot of things that we look at are things that people who are younger also want."