The pattern of the global population growing trend toward older adults and this has led to a global phenomenon in the 21st century. The increasing burden of demographic aging presents unique challenges to families, communities, and nations, as well as to the promotion of health and well-being in later life. The process of ageing goes on in parallel with today’ s trends of urbanization. The risks of city living impact everyone but seniors (defined as those aged 65 years or above) are particularly vulnerable due to age-related needs and preferences (e. g. to stay in their own homes, and/or near their children and grandchildren). Tourism is one of the Suitable activities for the elderly in order to improve their physical and mental aspects. Tourism compels them to mobility and come out of isolation and inactivity. Urban tourism becomes one of the main functions of the cities. If it can provide the demand and expectations of elderly tourist and create age-friendly city, it will lead to Tourist Satisfaction of tourism Destination. Making cities more age-friendly is a necessary and logical response to promote the wellbeing and contributions of older people and keep cities thriving. An age-friendly city encourages active ageing by optimizing opportunities for health, participation and security in order to enhance quality of life as people age. This study seeks to examine the relationship and effectiveness of the components of age-friendly city on satisfaction and loyalty of Mashhad elderly tourist based on the European Customer Satisfaction Index (ECSI) model. 183 questionnaires answered by the elderly tourist of this destination were investigated. Data were tested based on the proposed conceptual model and European model to measure correlation by using Spearman test and Regression path analysis. The results show a positive association between image destination, expectations, and perceived quality and, perceived value in the level of satisfaction and loyalty of destination. By increasing the amount of each of the four factors, satisfaction and subsequently loyalty index increase. In the Following the path analysis, image destination is the most influential factor on loyalty of this destination directly and indirectly. In addition, Satisfaction directly and perceived quality indirectly have been effective to create elderly tourists loyalty to the religious and cultural destination.

An elderly-friendly city is a city that promotes active aging and includes those urban spaces where the distribution of public services is such that it is most in line with the needs and limitations of the elderly. The purpose of this study was to survey Sari situation in terms of urban space for elderly living with an emphasis on eight indicators namely buildings and open spaces, transportation, housing, social participation, revered elderly and social socialization, Citizen participation and occupation, information, communication, social support, and health services. This study naturally is applied research and methodologically is descriptive-analytical. Data and information collection were done in a library manner and field using a questionnaire. The statistical population of this study included all inhabitants of 60 year-ups of the city of Sari sampled using the Cochran formula who were 385 persons selected as statistical sample. To analyze the questionnaire, we used the SPSS software and ran a single-sample t-test. The results indicated that from the perspective of the elderly, the indices of open spaces and buildings, transportation, housing, social participation, elderly reverence, social and citizen participation, occupation, information and communication, social support, and health services are not favorable for the elderly, even to the extent of satisfying their basic needs.

The world population is rapidly aging and this rapid growth of the elderly population has become a global and social phenomenon. The problem of population aging in Iran is emerging due to various reasons such as the decrease in the number of births, advances in medical science, health, education and the increase in life expectancy, and it is considered a new phenomenon. The purpose of this research is to evaluate and analyze the levels of enjoyment of the 12 districts of Babol city in terms of the indicators of the elderly-friendly city and the ranking of the districts. The current research is in the field of survey research in terms of practical purpose and in terms of information gathering. In order to collect data, a questionnaire was used, and for weighting, the fuzzy ANP network analysis method was used for the analysis of the criteria, and for the ranking of the regions, the fuzzy vaspass method was used. The findings indicate that among the global standards of the elderly-friendly city used in this research, the standard of public spaces and buildings with a weight of 0.2160 has won the first place. Honoring and sociability of the elderly with a weight of 0.151 has won the second place and participation of citizenship and employment with a weight of 0.147 has won the third place. Also, based on Waspas method, region 4 with a weight of 0.904 is ranked first and region five is ranked last with a weight of 0.733. Based on these results, it is suggested that the institutions in charge of the matter, municipality and welfare, with the support and participation of other government institutions in order to solve the social, physical and economic problems of the elderly, with coherent planning to use resources, equal opportunities in order for all people and the elderly to achieve Create urban spaces.

The elderly are people who face a decline in various abilities from anatomical, physiological, social and economic aspects., this may cause some elderly people to be unable to meet their daily needs. The aim of this study was to investigate the situation of Kermanshah city in terms of indicators of elderly friendly city using structural equation modeling. The method of the present study is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-correlational in terms of method. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all elderly people in Kermanshah. From this population, a sample of 366 was selected by simple random sampling method and they answered the questionnaire of indicators of elderly friendly city. Pearson correlation coefficient, internal consistency coefficient and confirmatory factor analysis were used to analyze the data. Data were analyzed using SPSS 25 and 8. 8 Lisrel software. The results of internal osmotic coefficient showed that this scale has good reliability. Confirmatory index of analytical factor model confirmed the 8-factor model of this questionnaire. The results of correlation coefficient showed that the relationship between the indicators of an elderly friendly city is significant. The internal homology of the dimensions of these indices was determined by Cronbach's alpha coefficient. Cronbach's alpha coefficient for aging indices is in the range of 0. 71 to 0. 84. The results of this study showed that the Persian version of the indicators of the elderly-friendly city has good reliability and validity in the Iranian population and is a suitable self-assessment scale for clinical and research situations in the elderly population. One of the efforts to improve the quality of life of the elderly is this. Issue a policy through the government to implement a primary health care program for the elderly and optimize value for health systems.

The Elderly Friendly City is defined as a comprehensive and accessible environment in the community that optimizes opportunities for health, participation and security to achieve quality, quality of life and dignity as we age. This study aims to evaluate and analyze the indicators of the elderly-friendly city in Borazjan. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-analytical method. Also, in order to collect the required data and information, two library-documentary methods have been used and a questionnaire has been used in the survey section. The statistical population of the study is all elderly people in Borazjan with 8913 people based on the latest general population and housing census in 2016. Based on Cochran's formula and with an error coefficient of 5%, 368 people have been determined as the sample size of the research. Sampling method is available and the data collection tool in the survey section is a questionnaire with 32 items. In order to collect data in the survey section, 368 questionnaires were distributed in person among the elderly in Borazjan. The collected data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and Smart PLS software. The indicators presented in this research include (public spaces and buildings, transportation, housing, medical and health services, honoring the elderly and social respect, social participation and cultural and welfare affairs). The results show that the proposed indicators play an essential role in improving the elderly-friendly city. Accordingly, the fit of the research conceptual model showed that the mean variance of all indices is more than 0. 50, which indicates convergent validity.

In recent years, due to the upward growth of the elderly population in the world, this issue has become one of the focus points of researchers. The issue of optimizing social urban structures is the most basic issue in studies related to the elderly in the field of urban planning. In this research, the indicators of measuring the infrastructure of the elderly-friendly city in the metropolis of Mashhad have been examined. The research method is descriptive-analytical, which was implemented using the survey method. According to the structure of the questionnaires, the statistical population of the research consisted of experts in the urban area, health and hygiene services, psychological services and transportation and information technology in Mashhad city. The sample size was determined using Cochran's formula of 100 people. The research samples were selected using a simple random method. The research data was collected using the standard questionnaire of the World Health Organization. According to the results of the research, Mashhad city is not in a good condition for the elderly in the indicators of housing, outdoor spaces and buildings, community support and health services, civic participation and employment. Also, according to Friedman's test, the average rating of open space and buildings index in the city of Dostdar Salamand has the highest priority, and the communication and information index has the lowest priority among the indicators. The achievement of this research is the precise recognition of the shortcomings of Mashhad participation and employment. metropolis compared to the standard scales of the elderly-friendly city. New high-yielding and quick-yielding solutions that have not been used in this metropolis so far have been presented to raise the standard level of housing indicators, outdoor spaces and participation and employment have been provided.

The purpose of this research is to evaluate the situation of the four metropolitan areas of Tabriz from the perspective of an elderly-friendly city. This research is practical in nature. The research method of this study is a combination of descriptive-analytical, documentary, secondary analysis and survey methods. To analyze and evaluate the demographic indicators of the elderly in the region four of Tabriz city, In the survey part of the research, using Cochran's formula, the sample size was calculated and after estimation, it was spread randomly among the target samples and the questionnaires were collected by the people after they were completed. In order to measure the status of the four metropolitan areas of Tabriz from the perspective of an elderly-friendly city, the standard questionnaire of the World Health Organization was used, which was prepared in 8 indicators and 81 items. Statistical analysis in this research was done with the help of SPSS version 26 software. The results of the survey and measurement of eight elderly-friendly indicators in this region showed; The index of outdoor spaces and buildings with 2.84 ranks first, the index of transportation with 2.77, the second rank is the index of communication and information with 2.67, the third rank is the index of social support and health services with 2.58. The fourth rank is the index of honor and social integration with 2.48, the fifth rank is the index of social participation with 2.46, the sixth rank is the index of participation in civil affairs and employment with 2.41, the seventh rank is the housing index with 38. 2, is ranked eighth. According to the obtained averages; It is clear that the average of all investigated indicators is lower than the middle of the Likert spectrum (number 3).

The two factors, the reduced fertility rate and increased life expectancy that age the population, have begun in developed countries since the mid-20th century, and they have now emerged. Considering the consequences of the upcoming crisis of aging, studies in the field of aging will certainly become of particular importance. The main objective of the present paper is to evaluate the place of urban planning with an approach to the age-friendly city among the various concerns of senility, so that in both the structural and content forms, it can analyze studies in the theoretical field in the scope of the age-friendly city in domestic researches. The present paper is of a descriptive-analytic type and based on a meta-study strategy, using a meta-synthesis methodology to analyze scientific research articles focusing on the age-friendly city in 19 related articles. In order to analyze data, methods such as systematic review and open coding have been employed. After the review, extraction of data was carried out. By coding the intended articles, general specifications and ultimately the conceptual model and theoretical framework of the research were expressed. On the whole, in order to present the cumulative meta-synthesis model, dimensions such as presence, safety, age-friendly communities, safety and sense of belonging were pointed out as the major dimensions of an age-friendly city, which form the theoretical framework of the research by careful indices. According to the theoretical model of this research, Age Friendly City policy making is proposed based on two pillars of place and participation.

Objectives: With regard to the changes in the Iranian population structure, especially the rise of the elderly population, and the increase in pharmacy clients, this study aimed to evaluate the senior-friendly pharmacies of Shiraz.Methods & Materials: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2016. The study population comprised all 33 hospital pharmacies in Shiraz. Data were collected by a researcher-made checklist with the aim of evaluating the potential of the pharmacy to transform into a senior-friendly one. Reliability (r=0.85) and validity of the checklist were confirmed. Data were analyzed by c2, Mann-Whitney, and Kruskal-Wallis tests through SPSS 23.Results: The average score of pharmacies' potential was 50.52, which indicated a moderate ability of the pharmacies to transform into senior-friendly ones. The results of the Kruskal-Wallis test did not show any significant relationship with pharmacy type and ownership.Conclusion: Increase in the number of aging population, average level of senior-friendly pharmacies throughout Shiraz City, and the potential of hospital pharmacies to provide geriatric services can be considered as challenging issues. However, these new challenges can be managed through appropriate planning and policy making.