This is an online document intended to be viewed electronically, not printed, as it is 100 pages and includes live links to many resources. It should be considered a beginning point; there is undoubtedly much more happening across Minnesota and a broader story to tell. The field scan includes a vehicle for readers to share more and/or new information as well as feedback.

Prepared by GrayHall, this is a guide to including a diversity of older voices in age-friendly communities work.

This survey is available for communities to use (and customize as desired) as part of their age-friendly needs assessment efforts. 

This survey is available for communities to use (and customize as desired) as part of their age-friendly needs assessment efforts. 

Learn more about the Age-Friendly Minnesota Grants Program to help communities work on age-friendly projects. 

Learn more from the MN Leadership Council on Aging about how YOU can get involved with your elected officials to be an effective age-friendly advocate. 

Learn more from the MN Leadership Council on Aging about how to work with the media to share your story. 

Access a collection of educational and clinical resources for educators, health professionals, learners, and others interested in improving age-friendly care for older adults.

Access national tools and resources to support any community in undertaking age-friendly initiatives.

Get started, learn more, and take action using the tools from AARP as an independent affiliate of the World Health Organization Global Network for Age-Friendly Cities and Communities

Learn about a collective impact approach to elevating public policy solutions grounded in an age-friendly framework for Minnesota's aging sector.

Access this report, produced by the University of Minnesota and Rainbow Health, funded in part by a Live Well at Home grant.

The AARP International Affairs report "Better Together: A Comparison of Age-Friendly and Dementia Friendly Communities" by Natalie Turner and Lydia Morken compares the approaches and offers guidance and insight into how to connect the two. 

Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging provides a look back at the origin story and key milestones of Minnesota's Age-Friendly Council and related efforts.

The Gerontological Society of America and Academy for Gerontology in Higher Education produced this Toolkit.

Learn more from the MN Leadership Council on Aging about the best resources to help you advance a Minnesota free of ageism.

Research from the National Center to Reframe Aging tells us that when we expand the public's accurate understanding about aging, society will improve its attitude, value older adults as equal members of society, and increase supports for the systems needing to change. Learn about programs open to all interested, with a focus on leadership across the aging sector - specifically communications staff, and professionals who regularly communicate about aging across healthcare, public health, government, the media, or social services.