These are publications resulting from or associated with the Neighbourhood Change Research Partnership based at the University of Toronto funded in large part by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
These are publications resulting from or associated with the Neighbourhood Change Research Partnership based at the University of Toronto funded in large part by grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
This project engaged a working group of older adults to “map” how well Toronto’s West-central housing, neighbourhoods and health and social service agencies are equipped to support aging in place, and identified what barriers exist, as well as strategies to enhance the “livability” of these communities for older adults. The purpose of the “map” is to assist the community in recognizing, expanding and mobilizing individual and neighbourhood social capital to secure appropriate and accessible support to older adults and their caregivers. Overall, the working group identified three thematic clusters where greater accessibility is critical: in their housing, neighbourhoods and local health and social service agencies, to sustaining aging in place. Despite the rapid gentrification occurring in the neighbourhoods, surprisingly, the impact remains largely invisible to older adults and their service providers.