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Active Aging
Award Guidelines and Entry Rules
- Excellence in Building Healthy Communities for Active Aging Application
- Definitions
- Eligibility
- Minimum Criteria
- Selection Criteria
- Application Instructions
- Entry Deadline and Submittal Information
- For Further Information
- Fill and Print Entry Form (PDF) (9 pp, 164K, About PDF)
- Alternate format: Fill and Save/Print Entry From (DOC) (8pp, 77K)
- Alternate format: Entry Form (HTML)
Active Aging takes place when older adults regularly participate in a variety
of structured and unstructured physical activities. Communities can promote
Active Aging by implementing a diverse array of accessible physical-activity
programs, and helping to make more accessible self-directed physical-activity
opportunities for those 50-plus. All of these opportunities should emphasize
activities that increase endurance, strength, flexibility, and balance, while
adhering to the principles of injury prevention. Self-directed activities include
walking, biking, fitness trails and similar activities that are appropriate
for participants at various levels of fitness and functional ability. For
more information on Active Aging, please visit the websites of the Active
for Life Program 
, National
Council on Aging's Center for Healthy Aging and the National Blueprint.