Statewide Age-Friendly Virtual Fair as a Tactic for Social Change Across the Aging Ecosystem.

TitleStatewide Age-Friendly Virtual Fair as a Tactic for Social Change Across the Aging Ecosystem.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2024
AuthorsPestine-Stevens, A, Greenfield, EA, Pope, NElaine, Carniol, R, Rowe, C
JournalJ Gerontol Soc Work
Volume67
Issue2
Pagination178-187
Date Published2024 Feb-Mar
ISSN1540-4048
KeywordsAging, Humans, New Jersey, Social Change, Social Planning
Abstract

Prior research has demonstrated ways in which community events help to establish age-friendly community initiatives and strengthen their impact. We extend these insights by discussing how the design and implementation of a statewide event - the New Jersey Age-Friendly Virtual Fair - exemplifies this practice theory and extends its applicability beyond local community development toward broader state-level age-friendly ecosystems. We describe how events that are deliberately multi-organizational, multi-sectoral, and multi-level can help to further propel the Age-Friendly Movement toward systems change for aging in community.

DOI10.1080/01634372.2023.2237098
Alternate JournalJ Gerontol Soc Work
PubMed ID37525471