{"id":26538,"date":"2025-06-09T05:25:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T02:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/?p=26538"},"modified":"2025-05-29T20:59:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T17:59:14","slug":"environment-that-promotes-active-aging-starts-at-the-local-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/previous-issues\/no-51\/environment-that-promotes-active-aging-starts-at-the-local-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Environment that promotes active aging starts at the local level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"TextSwifttaandetaINGLISE lead\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">As societies age, fostering environments that support active ageing becomes an imperative of both policy and design. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"TextSwifttaandetaINGLISE\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Agu Laius and Janika Bachmann argue that longevity alone does not guarantee wellbeing; quality of life hinges on accessible, inclusive environments that empower older adults to remain socially, economically, and culturally engaged. Drawing on global best practices\u2014from Japan\u2019s universal design legislation to Finland\u2019s preventative safety programmes\u2014they highlight the local municipality as the primary site of transformation. In Estonia, initiatives such as Tartu\u2019s \u201cAge-Friendly City 2030\u201d model integrate measurable indicators to design public spaces, services, and communication in ways that serve citizens across the life course. The authors advocate a shift from reactive to anticipatory governance, positioning active ageing not as a late-life fix but a lifelong societal investment rooted in dignity, access, and intergenerational solidarity.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As societies age, fostering environments that support active ageing becomes an imperative of both policy and design. Agu Laius and Janika Bachmann argue that longevity alone does not guarantee wellbeing; quality of life hinges on accessible, inclusive environments that empower older adults to remain socially, economically, and culturally engaged. Drawing on global best practices\u2014from Japan\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[184],"class_list":["post-26538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-no-51","topic-studies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26538"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26539,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26538\/revisions\/26539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rito.riigikogu.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}