Can Age-Friendly Communities Also be Disability Friendly: What do Surveys of Older Adults and People With Disabilities Tell Us?

Howard B. Degenholtz, Nathan Lampenfeld, Keri Kastner, John Yauch, Heather Mentch, Gabrielle Szymanski, Jessica Pierce, Kevin Hancock, Steven M. Albert, School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, University of Pittsburgh, Department on Aging, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, School of Public Health, Department of Behavioral and Community Health Science, University of Pittsburgh

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Published online on November 29, 2025

Abstract

Journal of Applied Gerontology, Ahead of Print.
Pennsylvania recently developed “Aging Our Way” to guide age-friendly policies and programs. Age-friendly policies reduce physical and social barriers to participation, but little information is available on how older people and younger people with ...