Jacquie
Eales is the lead author of a chapter on age-friendly rural
communities in a recently published book Rural Ageing: A good
place to grow old? edited by Dr. Norah Keating at the University
of Alberta. She has a graduate degree in aging and has spent over 13
years managing the Research on Aging, Policies and Practice Centre
in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of Alberta.
Having grown up in a rural farming community in northern British
Columbia, Ms. Eales is passionate about the interface between older
adults and the rural communities in which they reside and how
communities can better support older residents and their
aging-in-place.
Presentation
(click here to see Jacquie's presentation):
Age Friendly Communities
The face of rural communities is changing; older
adults (aged 65+) presently comprise 11% of the population in rural
Alberta. To help rural communities plan for population aging, it's
important to recognize the diversity among older adults and the
different ways in which they access services, connect socially,
and contribute to their communities. Some seniors are stoic, some
are active, some are frail, and some are marginalized. In her
presentation, Ms. Eales will discuss the diversity among older
adults and the ways in which rural communities can create
age-friendly settings.
Jacquie
Eales is the lead author of a chapter on age-friendly rural
communities in a recently published book Rural Ageing: A good
place to grow old? edited by Dr. Norah Keating at the University
of Alberta. She has a graduate degree in aging and has spent over 13
years managing the Research on Aging, Policies and Practice Centre
in the Department of Human Ecology at the University of Alberta.
Having grown up in a rural farming community in northern British
Columbia, Ms. Eales is passionate about the interface between older
adults and the rural communities in which they reside and how
communities can better support older residents and their
aging-in-place. 