Purposeful Aging LA Los Angeles Initiative | Community Investment Department

Purposeful Aging Los Angeles: an age friendly initiative

The Purposeful Aging Los Angeles Initiative (PALA) is a groundbreaking initiative and partnership between the County and the City of Los Angeles, other cities, AARP, the private sector, and universities. The partnership was formed to help the Los Angeles region prepare for a dramatic demographic shift in the older adult population that will occur by 2030. PALA’s ultimate goal is to make the Los Angeles region the most age-friendly in the world.

Download the Age-Friendly Action Plan Initiative as a PDF and review the report recommendations below.

Recommendations

The recommendations are intended to enhance the age friendliness of the Los Angeles region for all older adults and multi-generational residents of Los Angeles County, the County and City intends to implement the recommendations in an equitable manner that would allow all residents to thrive as they gain their communities, including by prioritizing interventions to high need communities and populations - such as LGBTQ individuals, those experiencing homelessness (or those at risk of homelessness), and low income populations - as well as incorporating multi-lingual/multi ethnic services, a gender lens, and other strategies intended to empower traditionally marginalized communities.