Great Places at Any Age
Age-Friendly New Jersey is a growing alliance of advocates and change-makers dedicated to making the communities where we live, work, and play better for longer, healthier, and more equitable lives. Leaders of age-friendly community initiatives in Bergen, Essex, Morris, Somerset, Passaic, and Union counties regularly participate in our alliance, whose advocacy and coalition-building is steered by New Jersey Advocates for Aging Well, in collaboration with local philanthropies and the Rutgers Hub for Aging Collaboration at the School of Social Work.
Age Friendly Success Stories
Proposed Task Force Could Help NJ Prepare for Population Aging
June 3, 2026 @ 11:14 am
Population aging presents both challenges and opportunities, and it’s time for New Jersey to start planning in earnest for the fast-approaching day when adults over 60 will outnumber children in the Garden State. A bill recently introduced in the New Jersey...
NJAAW Conference Will Illuminate Dementia Efforts in NJ
June 3, 2026 @ 11:14 am
Dementia Friendly movements have launched in towns and counties across the United States during the past decade, paralleling efforts to spur the growth of age-friendly initiatives. The two movements operate independently of one another, but many advocates call for...
AFNJ Has Common Ground with Mayors Wellness Campaign
June 3, 2026 @ 11:14 am
Health and wellness are underpinnings of the age-friendly movement. Working to make a community more livable for people of all ages, therefore, can and should align with efforts to make a community’s residents healthier. That’s why the next in-person meeting of the...
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