The Platform
The Platform
2 September 2025
Age Friendly Ireland has developed a rating system for Age Friendly Homes. This simple checklist will help homeowners, tenants, developers, and practitioners to assess the suitability of housing for the needs of older people. Age Friendly Homes incorporate Universal Design features making them suitable for everyone across the lifecourse. They have adaptable elements to meet people’s changing needs as we age. This rating tool is applicable to all types of dwelling, such as houses and apartments in both rural and urban areas.
This checklist, while developed specifically for people living in Ireland, can also help homeowners, tenants, developers, developers, practitioners, and all other stakeholders around the world who are building age-friendly homes to incorporate features that make them great places to live for people of all ages.
Age-friendly Environments
National Government
Sub-national Government
homes, lived environments, age-friendly
