Nearly a third of Ocean County residents are age 60 or older, making it home to one of New Jersey’s largest older adult populations. With that fact as an impetus, the county board of commissioners and Office of Senior Services, along with the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Ocean County, recently launched Age-Friendly Ocean County’s inaugural Multisector Plan for Aging – the first county-level plan of its kind in the state.

This initiative provides a roadmap, through 2030, for supporting older adults, individuals with disabilities,…