AGE & Dementia-Inclusive Planning and DEsign Guidelines

The DemSCAPE team partnered with Happy Cities to develop British Columbia's first synthesis of municipal planner interviews, grey literature, and peer-reviewed research.  This document offers a toolkit of urban design strategies and actions that municipalities, developers, and other community members can implement to create more age and dementia-friendly cities. These planning and design strategies have the power to improve urban environments and wellbeing for all community members by boosting comfort, safety, inclusion, and sense of place. 

Read the full guide here:  https://happycities.com/s/Age-and-dementia-inclusive-neighbourhoods-050125-spreads-compressed.pdf

E-learning platform: https://www.age-dementiainclusiveneighbourhood.com/

We have developed an e-learning platform of the Age and Dementia-Inclusive Planning and Design Guidelines. This platform includes seven learning modules based on key planning and design principles, strategies, and actions for development of age and dementia-inclusive neighbourhood design. The goal is to reach and equip urban planners/designers, developers and community-based stakeholders in an interactive and engaging mode. The e-platform will raise awareness and provide a comprehensive resource to plan, design and advocate for neighbourhoods that support mobility, social engagement and wellbeing of older persons and people living with dementia. 

Planners who complete these modules can receive four Continuous Professional Learning (CPL) credits from the Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC).