Abstract

Accelerating the realization of an elderly-friendly city is essentially an effort to deal with the increase in the elderly population in the future. Elderly-friendly cities also aim to help the elderly to easily access public facilities and activities, especially for the elderly who live alone. If the elderly are left with no activity, especially economic activity, then the elderly will become a socio-economic burden for the country. In addition, increasing age also has an impact on declining health and physical abilities, so elderly-friendly cities must also consider reducing transportation costs and public facilities and providing recreational and reflection facilities which can be in the form of open spaces and special shared facilities for the elderly. This study aims to build a model of an elderly-friendly city by taking into account a number of factors such as a city that has a set of regulations governing the elderly, has regional leaders who are committed and have priority to the protection of the elderly, has an elderly-friendly document method. in accordance with WHO provisions, and elderly-friendly facilities. The research design is included in exploratory research, with a sample of 128 respondents and the sampling was done by non-probability convenience sampling. The results showed that there are important factors that can be modeled mathematically through factor analysis which identifies the representation of Safe and comfortable, Smart public service, Excellent information, and Easy health care factors as the main factors in developing an elderly friendly city model from the respondent's point of view.

Keywords   

elderly-friendly city, urban development, community participation, model, factor analysis