Developing an Age-Friendly University (AFU) audit: A pilot study

Silverstein, Nina M.; Hendricksen, Meghan; Bowen, Lauren Marshall; Weaver, Andrea; Whitbourne, Susan Krauss

doi:10.1080/02701960.2019.1572006

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“…Unfortunately, these features are not explicitly included in the current AFU principles created by DCU. Specifically, the themes of transportation, safe walking routes, and campus navigation concerns identified by the citizen scientists at the UofM echo several themes identified in previous investigations of university age-friendliness ( Hansen et al, 2019 ; Silverstein et al, 2019 ; Vrkljan et al, 2019 ). In particular, the findings from the UofM directly mirror those identified in Silverstein et al’s AFU audit at the University of Massachusetts Boston, mainly in areas relating to poor signage and campus map placement, parking garage and lot access, and uneven pavement.…”

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“…Published accounts of specific institution’s journeys toward adopting DCU’s AFU principles have just recently begun to appear in the literature ( Clark & Leedahl, 2019 ; Luz & Baldwin, 2019 ; Silverstein, Hendricksen, Bowen, Fonte Weaver, & Whitbourne, 2019 ). Luz and Baldwin’ s ( 2019 ) case study, for example, describes Michigan State University’s AgeAlive program and its goal of expanding the institution’s portfolio, communication network, and community partnerships related to aging.…”

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“…Similarly, Clark and Leedahl (2019 ) describe the conceptual planning and strategizing that was necessary for the University of Rhode Island to become an AFU. Finally, Silverstein and colleagues (2019 ) described a campus age-friendly audit at the University of Massachusetts Boston completed through interviews with 19 stakeholders. This audit found educational programming, accessibility (i.e., physical, digital, and learning support), and inclusivity to be the themes most frequently discussed by volunteers related to university age-friendliness.…”

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Exploring University Age-Friendliness Using Collaborative Citizen Science

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Background and Objectives Since the launch of Dublin City University’s Age-Friendly University (AFU) Initiative in 2012, relatively little empirical research has been published on its feasibility or implementation by institutions of higher learning. This article describes how collaborative citizen science—a research method where professional researchers and community members work together across multiple stages of the research process (e.g., data collection, analysis, and/or knowledge mobilization) to investigate an issue—was used to identify barriers and supports to university age-friendliness at the University of Manitoba (UofM) in Canada. Research Design and Methods Ten citizen scientists each completed 1 data collection walk around the UofM campus and used a tablet application to document AFU barriers and supports via photographs and accompanying audio commentaries. The citizen scientists and university researchers then worked together in 2 analysis sessions to identify AFU priority areas and brainstorm recommendations for institutional change. These were then presented to a group of interested university stakeholders. Results The citizen scientists collected 157 photos documenting AFU barriers and supports on campus. Accessibility, signage, and transportation were identified as being the most pressing issues for the university to address to improve overall age-friendliness. Discussion and Implications We suggest that academic institutions looking to complete assessments of their age-friendliness, particularly those exploring physical barriers and supports, could benefit from incorporating older citizen scientists into the process of collecting, analyzing, and mobilizing findings.

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“…To ensure positive outcomes for construction projects, stakeholders should be understood and managed carefully (Yang et al , 2009). Therefore, stakeholder analysis at projects' briefing stage, which is as an essential component of the stakeholder management process, should be conducted because the decisions made according to the analysis results would profoundly affect the following construction process (Jepsen and Eskerod, 2009; Freeman, 2010; Hu et al , 2015; Silverstein et al , 2019). Mitchell et al (1997) proposed stakeholder theory, which indicates that in the stakeholder analysis, the legitimacy of relationships, urgency of demands and power to influence are considered three important attributes of stakeholders.…”

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Understanding stakeholders' concerns of age-friendly communities at the briefing stage: a preliminary study in urban China

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PurposeThis study aims to identify the stakeholders and critical factors (CFs) of promoting age-friendly communities (AFCs), discuss the relationship between the stakeholders and CFs and develop a preliminary framework for the briefing stage of promoting AFCs in urban China.Design/methodology/approachStakeholders and CFs were identified through literature review and document analysis. The Delphi method was used to screen the extracted stakeholders and CFs. The focus group methodology was applied to obtain evaluation matrices of relationships between stakeholders and CFs. A two-mode social network was formed to analyse the evaluation matrices generated.FindingsResults of the analyses indicate that local governments and policymaking institutions, together with project investors, obtained high prioritisations in the stakeholders' group, whilst senior citizens and caregivers appear to rank last. For CFs, communities' environmental factors receive the most attention from stakeholders.Research limitations/implicationsResults of the analyses can only show similarities of the participating stakeholders' opinions on their concerns, and provide researchers and practitioners with initial ideas on analysing stakeholders and CFs at the briefing stage of promoting AFCs. For a specific project, the concerns and prioritisations would change. Diverse voices are necessary and case studies are in need.Practical implicationsChallenges in promoting AFCs in urban China are discussed, and a preliminary framework of the briefing stage is developed for practitioners to follow when promoting AFCs.Originality/valueThis study discusses which CFs should be considered priorities and what consensuses are generally reached by stakeholders. CFs are utilised to interpret stakeholders' relationships, influences and concerns on AFC projects when conducting the social network analysis (SNA).

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“…The concept of age inclusivity is only as useful as its application. As our prior research has also shown (Silverstein et al, 2019), institutions may endorse age-inclusive practices in theory but fail to engage in practices that ensure their incorporation into campus life. The purpose of the present study was to examine which strategies can help institutions become more age inclusive not just in theory but also in practice.…”

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Evidence-based strategies for creating age-inclusive campuses.

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Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

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Developing an Age-Friendly University (AFU) audit: A pilot study

Cited by 25 publications

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Exploring University Age-Friendliness Using Collaborative Citizen Science

Exploring University Age-Friendliness Using Collaborative Citizen Science

Understanding stakeholders' concerns of age-friendly communities at the briefing stage: a preliminary study in urban China

Evidence-based strategies for creating age-inclusive campuses.

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