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
NJAAW Conference Will Illuminate Dementia Efforts in NJ
May 6, 2026 @ 5:02 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
May 6, 2026 @ 5:02 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...
An Age-Friendly New Jersey Needs an Age-Friendly Economy
May 6, 2026 @ 5:02 am
Making New Jersey an age-friendly state is not just the work of government. Businesses, employers, developers and others in the private sector must be invested in the goal of creating an age-friendly economy in which everyone can thrive. Rooting out ageist hiring...
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