EP57: Age-Friendly Ecosystems with Terry Fulmer, PhD, RN, FAAN

<p><strong>Age-Friendly Ecosystems</strong></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">"It's a blessing to be an older adult." -</span></em><strong>Melissa Batchelor, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, FGSA, FAAN</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For decades, advocates have called for communities, neighborhoods, and organizations like hospitals to become more "age-friendly." Although the idea of an age-friendly society has been promoted both locally and internationally, adoption remains more aspirational than an organized practice. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this week's episode of This Is Getting Old, Dr. Terry Fulmer and Amy Berman walk us through an overview of what it means to have created an Age-Friendly Ecosystem. </span></p> <p><strong>Part One of 'The Age-friendly Ecosystems'.</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.johnahartford.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">John A. Hartford Foundation</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">has been working with the</span> <a href= "https://www.agefriendlyfoundation.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Age-Friendly Foundation</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">to convene leaders of these age-friendly movements. The goal is to help make the "age-friendly" moniker clear to all stakeholders in terms of what it means. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the</span> <a href= "https://nursing.gwu.edu/health-policy-aging"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">George Washington University’s Center for Aging, Health and Humanities</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, we have adapted the Age-Friendly Ecosystem to include Arts & Creativity.’</span></p> <p><strong>What Exactly Is an Age-friendly Ecosystem? </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An Age-Friendly Ecosystem refers to the collective of all efforts to adapt society to meet older adults' needs. In simpler terms, Age-Friendly Ecosystems are the comprehensive, collectively built, and ever-expanding platform whose goal