Calgary neighbourhoods' infrastructure tagged as senior unfriendly yyc
In 2021-22, 13 seniors in seven neighbourhoods photo-documented various types of physical barriers such as stairways, walls, uncleared snow, lack of sidewalks or lack of elevators that impede mobility for people with canes, walkers or basic physical limitations.
For instance, said Lee, seniors on a fixed income without easy access to a full-scale grocery store might be dependent on a far more expensive convenience store.Advertisement 4A challenging social environment, she said, can lead to a lack of human connection and a rise in isolation.Seniors who participated in a University of Calgary study on community mobility access for seniors.
Her study also compiled a list of 26 Calgary “super-aged communities” where more than 20 per cent of the population is 65 years or older.
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