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The 4 Stage Process | Working towards being Age Friendly

The 4 Stage Process diagramme

Engage & Understand

  • Set Up a local steering group
  • Perform participatory age-friendly assessments
  • Conduct a baseline assessment with a healthy ageing profile (to include a walkability audit)
  • Present & disseminate the assessment

Plan Strategically

  • Unite partners behind a common sision
  • Analyse strengths and weaknesses and define priorities
  • Develop a comprehensive strategy, defining overall goals and time frame
  • Define objectives and get approval
  • Define responsibilities

Act & Implement

  • Design an operational plan
  • Consult on the action plan and involve older people at all stages
  • Secure support and resources
  • scale up successful action

Evaluate & Monitor

  • Create partnerships with universities and research institutions
  • Monitor processes continually
  • Undertake outcome and impact evaluation
  • Sustain and improve action informed by evidence
  • Learn from successful action in national and international networks