Aging does not mean disease and death. An aging society should also be dynamic and colorful. Through data and visual analysis, this project demonstrates the challenges of aging and helps people recognize the importance of the autonomy of older people in building age-friendly societies. The Manchester Age-Friendly Interactive Map is a valuable tool to guide and assist older people to better understand and navigate their surroundings, providing a replicable model for other cities. We hope that more people will be involved in the development of age-friendly tools in the future.

For limitations, first, the statistical bar chart of country aging rankings all over the world only includes the past and not the future. Second, in the care model example section, we just selected 4 countries to explain their typical models, but there are also other countries and other models all over the world. Third, the supply analysis only considered individuals engaged in the Human Health and Social Work Activities sector. However, people working in industries such as transportation and food services also have indirect impacts on the aging population that are not taken into account on this map. Last, the elderly care service supply not only includes the infrastructures but also some related industry employees. Just 5 categories of infrastructure are not enough; maybe we could add more categories in the future, or even create a function to update POIs by users. In addition, we only show the major categories, not the subcategories. For example, “Culture Infrastructure” includes POIs from museums, theaters, art galleries, and so on. But all the specific tabs are not displayed on this map.