James P. Adams Library: LEARNING YOUR WAY TO A HEALTHY BRAIN: Age Friendly Rhode Island

Age Friendly RI

Based at Rhode Island College, Age-Friendly Rhode Island (AFRI) is a coalition of community and state agencies, healthcare and social service providers, individuals, advocacy and faith-based organizations, businesses, academic institutions and municipal leaders who are committed to healthy aging.

Click here to view AFRI's website. You'll find research reports, data on RI's senior population, the list of AFRI partners and collaborators, a link to the weekly AFRI Radio Hour ( plus its archive,) programs, a news blog, and more.

Age-Friendly Communities Nationwide

Communities that promote the health, participation and security of older adults are described as “age-friendly.” Efforts to improve age-friendliness are underway around the globe, thanks to the World Health Organization’s Age-Friendly Cities Initiative as well as the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) Livable Communities Project.

Additional Resources

R I 2020 Healthy Aging Report
The report includes Community Profiles —one for every Rhode Island city and town and two Providence neighborhoods, plus 20 profiles of neighborhoods in the core cities. Each Community Profile includes 120 indicators of individual and community health as well as state averages. Data is available for Massachusetts and New Hampshire, as well.
The "Age-Friendly Radio Hour"
Listen weekly on AM 790, Wednesdays from 3:00 – 4:00pm. New guests join our host, Catherine Taylor, each week. Previous episodes are also available on the Radio Hour webpage.
Listing of Additional Resources
Links to: Resources from AFRI Partners; Volunteer Opportunities; Age-Friendly Communities; Research Reports
Filinson, Rachel, Raimondo, M. & Maigret, M. (2016) "Building Age-Friendly Community: Notes from the Field." Sociology between the Gaps: Forgotten and Neglected Topics, 2 (1) digitalcommons.providence.edu/sbg/vol2/iss1/10/.
The purpose of this paper is to explore fundamental tensions underlying the formulation of age-friendly goals and their implementation, based on a review of age-friendly projects and reflections on the journey towards age friendliness in one state (Rhode Island).
Filinson, R. & Maigret, M. (2017). Supporting People as They Age in Community: Information & Service Access
As people age, they often rely on the support of public and private programs to help them live healthy, independent lives. What if older people and their caregivers had access to a single website, phone number, or office that could connect them with all the support and resources they need, from applying for Medicare benefits and finding long-term care facilities to accessing transportation and meal delivery services?

AFRI Virtual Community Center

The AFRI website offers a Virtual Community Center (VCC)- a rich resource for finding programs and activities developed and designed for Rhode Island's senior population. You'll discover:

Tutorials on setting up a Google mail or gmail account and various social media programs, like Facebook, Instagram, Zoom, and Twitter.
A Virtual Community Calendar offering an array of movement and physical exercise classes, mindfulness sessions, virtual visits to area museums, webinars, and more. (See also"Today at the VCC" & "This week at the VCC")
A list of Senior Centers in Rhode Island with their addresses and phone numbers as well as a map of the locations and links to the various Centers' webpages.
A list of educational webinars offered by the Alzheimer's Assn of RI

Ms. Catherine Taylor, Executive Director of Age Friendly Rhode Island

LEARNING YOUR WAY TO A HEALTHY BRAIN: Age Friendly Rhode Island

Age Friendly RI

Age-Friendly Communities Nationwide

Additional Resources

AFRI Virtual Community Center

Tutorials on setting up a Google mail or gmail account and various social media programs, like Facebook, Instagram, Zoom, and Twitter.

A Virtual Community Calendar offering an array of movement and physical exercise classes, mindfulness sessions, virtual visits to area museums, webinars, and more. (See also"Today at the VCC" & "This week at the VCC")

A list of Senior Centers in Rhode Island with their addresses and phone numbers as well as a map of the locations and links to the various Centers' webpages.

A list of educational webinars offered by the Alzheimer's Assn of RI