Age-friendly Hennepin County

Age-friendly Hennepin County works to help the county become a place where policies, services, and infrastructure related to the physical and social environment are designed to help all residents – especially older adults – live healthy, engaged, high-quality lives.

Older adults drive local economies and make vital contributions to the social fabric of our communities. They also make up an increasingly large proportion of our population:

• In 2020, adults aged 65+ outnumbered children in Minnesota for the first time
• More Minnesotans turned 65 in the past decade than in the previous four decades combined

Demographic changes make age-friendly communities more urgent. A thoughtful, coordinated response will benefit us all. The Age-friendly Hennepin County action plan (PDF, 7MB) lays out our approach.

Resources

• Senior LinkAge Line
• AARP
• Trellis – organization that provides services, connections, and innovations to help people thrive as they age