AARP Eye Center
AARP Livable Communities Map
Red Feather (2022) Print
2022 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
Project Category
Housing
└ Innovative home maintenance, repair and support services
└ Innovative home maintenance, repair and support services
This project provided elders with home modifications such as ADA ramps, grab bars, HEPA filters and (if the home has no running water) handwashing systems.
Photo Gallery
Image:
Click on a photo to learn more
See More Projects Like This One
Cleveland, OH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Innovative home maintenance, repair and support services
Description: This project provided free home-repair services to older adults in the Union-Miles neighborhood.
Grand Forks, ND
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Innovative home maintenance, repair and support services
Description: This project will match students with up with older residents. The students will help with chores such as yard cleanup, window washing and simple home repairs, while the older residents will mentor older students and advise them about paying bills, navigating relationships with landlords and other practical life skills.
Tucson, AZ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Innovative home maintenance, repair and support services
Description: This project will provide needed renovations to an assisted living facility for low-income clients, making it more inviting and accessible for older adults.
Nearby AARP Community Challenge Projects
Cottonwood, AZ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2023
Project Category: Community Gardens
Description: This project will teach people experiencing homelessness and food insecurity how to grow their own food, and provide them with a garden space that can increase self-sufficiency and improve diets with fresh produce.
Camp Verde, AZ
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Park enhancements
Description: This project aimed to make Heritage Pool more inviting and accessible to people of all ages and abilities. The City of Campe Verde added hard-surface area onsite, with shade structures to protect visitors from the sun's rays. They also picnic tables and launched recreational programming onsite, including exercise and Aqua Zumba classes.
LEARN MORE AND STAY INFORMED
Find articles and resources about making communities more livable for people of all ages
Download or order free publications from AARP Livable Communities
Sign up for the free, weekly, award-winning AARP Livable Communities eNewsletter
Don't see your community listed?
LEARN HOW IT CAN JOIN THE NETWORKConnect with your AARP State Office
AARP has offices in all 50 states as well as in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
AARP Arizona State Office
7250 N 16th Street
Suite 302
Phoenix, AZ 85020
United States