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Salem for All Ages Website Launched

www.salemforallages.org provides resources, information, and more as part of Age-Friendly Salem initiative
Posted on: August 30, 2018 - 4:20pm
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As part of the ongoing Salem for All Ages initiative, the City of Salem today launched the new website www.salemforallages.org. The new website contains a tremendous amount of information about living and aging in place in Salem. It includes links to transportation resources, volunteer opportunities, activities and events, healthy living and home maintenance guides, the annual Salem for All Ages Resource Guide publication, details about Salem for All Ages – including the Action Plan – and much more.

“As we prepare to open the doors to the new Mayor Jean Levesque Community Life Center on September 10, and with the celebration of National Senior Center Month in September, this new website is launching at just the right time,” said Patricia Zaido, co-chair of the Salem for All Ages Task Force. “It offers Salem seniors a wealth of information about all that our community has to provide.”

“The new website is a wonderful vehicle for the community to learn how to access many services and resources in Salem,” said Teresa Arnold, director of Salem’s Council on Aging. “I’m particularly pleased that we are opening the new Community Life Center in September and am confident that more citizens will access the myriad of services and programs available at the new center as well as across the city.”

Salem for All Ages got its start in 2016 when Salem became one of the first communities in Massachusetts to have its Age-Friendly Action Plan certified by AARP and the World Health Organization. The three- to five-year Action Plan lays out a strategy to make Salem even more livable and welcoming for people of all ages, by focusing on the eight “domains” of an age-friendly community: social participation, respect and social inclusion, housing, transportation, outdoor spaces and buildings, community support and health services, communication and information, and civic participation and employment. The publication of the Salem for All Ages website was one of the key action items within the plan’s communication and information domain.

“The priorities represented by the Age-Friendly designation are reflective of Salem’s values as a whole,” said Mayor Kim Driscoll, who chairs the Salem for All Ages Leadership Council. “The goals of a livable, safe, and vibrant city serve to lift up all our residents, no matter their age or ability. I invite all Salem residents – seniors, the adult children of seniors, caregivers, anyone – to visit www.salemforallages.org and discover all the great resources, events, and opportunities available here in Salem.”