Comments on: Award Winners – EPA’s Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/02/award-winners-%e2%80%93-epa%e2%80%99s-building-healthy-communities-for-active-aging/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=award-winners-%25e2%2580%2593-epa%25e2%2580%2599s-building-healthy-communities-for-active-aging EPA's Blog About Our World Wed, 22 May 2013 08:18:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Siverek http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/02/award-winners-%e2%80%93-epa%e2%80%99s-building-healthy-communities-for-active-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-38935 Siverek Sat, 26 Feb 2011 20:12:20 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=6081#comment-38935 Thank you article and for sharing!

]]> By: Lisa Vo http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/02/award-winners-%e2%80%93-epa%e2%80%99s-building-healthy-communities-for-active-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-38737 Lisa Vo Wed, 16 Feb 2011 02:17:30 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=6081#comment-38737 why this “Please, when “walkability” designs are considered, remember it’s not only seniors that need more time; a parent herding small kids or an individual with a mobility impairment may need a little extra time, too. If those crossings are near a hospital, that need is paramount!” ???

]]> By: Kathy Sykes http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/02/award-winners-%e2%80%93-epa%e2%80%99s-building-healthy-communities-for-active-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-38573 Kathy Sykes Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:25:43 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=6081#comment-38573 You make an important point about lifespan and the value of our elder residents. Lifespan varies by country, race and sex.

The Interagency Forum on Aging Related Statistics’s most recent publication, Older Americans 2010, has a chart and data on the average life expectancy for a number of countries. At age 65, in 2005, Americans on average had a lfe expectancy of almost 17 more years. In the Russian Federation in 2005 the average life expectancy was 11 years.

Life expectancy in the U.S. varties by race too, with whites at birth living 5 years longer than black people. You can see more data at http://www.agingstats.gov

The older population is a diverse one. Some elders have greater needs becasue of exposures in the workplace, in the neighborhoods where they have lived. In some cultures elders are revered and repected. Unfortunately that is not the case everywhere.

]]> By: Kathy Sykes http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/02/award-winners-%e2%80%93-epa%e2%80%99s-building-healthy-communities-for-active-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-38572 Kathy Sykes Mon, 07 Feb 2011 22:09:44 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=6081#comment-38572 Linda, You make an excellent point about the time needed to get across the street. You are absolutely correct that in many communities that have a light signal for walkers does not provide adequate time to cross the street. You are correct that the timer for crossing needds to meet the needs of persons with disabiltiies, a parent or grandparent walking with a toddler, persons temporaily injured and on crutches or recovering form a surgery. We all need adequate timwe to cross the road safely and alert drivers of those who are not able to rush across the street.

]]> By: Linda http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/02/award-winners-%e2%80%93-epa%e2%80%99s-building-healthy-communities-for-active-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-38569 Linda Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:09:50 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=6081#comment-38569 I’d like to add a comment about making crosswalks (and thus neighborhoods) more walkable — when setting the timer, please remember that not everyone is a power walker! My own town is not at all pedestrian-friendly — it’s too spread out and most businesses are located on high-speed roads — but I often travel to large cities and I walk when it’spossible. A pet peeve is crossing signals that are set only for the fleetest of foot. Mobile, Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, and Atlanta, Georgia are all places where I’ve nearly been flattened by impatient drivers because the signals don’t allow enough time for those who can’t move at a run to make it across the roads. Please, when “walkability” designs are considered, remember it’s not only seniors that need more time; a parent herding small kids or an individual with a mobility impairment may need a little extra time, too. If those crossings are near a hospital, that need is paramount!

]]> By: armansyahardanis http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/02/award-winners-%e2%80%93-epa%e2%80%99s-building-healthy-communities-for-active-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-38567 armansyahardanis Mon, 07 Feb 2011 17:00:29 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=6081#comment-38567 How are The Humans Increasingly The Growing Older, Here ???

There are age difference between East and West civilization on the future. The East shorter than The West, although we have much medicine and the other techniques. Main factor is their cultures who won’t appreciate to the oldest, because the young men are thinking The Oldest are overload. Sadden! Kathy…., your article is remembering me to our Older people who weakness without attentions…. I have cried! However, They are much skills but the young men to change its by new ideas which they like. Just like and dislike without continuous progress…..

]]> By: Lina-EPA http://blog.epa.gov/blog/2011/02/award-winners-%e2%80%93-epa%e2%80%99s-building-healthy-communities-for-active-aging/comment-page-1/#comment-38566 Lina-EPA Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:13:05 +0000 http://blog.epa.gov/blog/?p=6081#comment-38566 Kathy,
Glad to see you blogging, finally. Kudos for your work on the Aging Initiative.
Lina

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