Development of a Binational Framework for Active and Healthy Ageing (AHA) Bridging Austria and Slovenia in a Thermal Spa Region
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In view of ongoing demographic developments resulting in a longer life expectancy of the European population, the creation of "age-friendly" environments represents an initiative picked up by the European Union and its Member States to enable active and healthy ageing. The present study aims at the co-creation of a cross-border framework model to deploy a healthy ageing region linking Austria and Slovenia, building on previous work dealing with the development of an integrated regional ecosystem for active and healthy ageing. A qualitative, community-based action research method based on focus group discussions allowed the development of an exemplary framework model for active and healthy ageing building on cross-border collaboration in the region of Promura. Within the project group, twelve cross-border regional key assets were identified. In the course of further open discussions, an exemplary model for the deployment of a cross-border healthy ageing region was developed, comprising underlying fundamental environmental aspects, regional structures in the field of health and care as well as crosscutting features spreading across all levels. This article presents a promising, strategic co-creation approach on how to span a model on active and healthy ageing across two cross-border regions with similar characteristics and assets
Active ageing · Ageing · Bridging (networking · Business · Environmental health · European union · Geography · Healthy ageing · Life expectancy · Older people · Political science · Population · Population ageing · Software deployment · Computer Science · Medicine · Technology Use by Older Adults · Gerontology
The use of focus group discussion methodology
Using Grounded Theory Method to Capture and Analyze Health Care Experiences
Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
Healthy Water-Based Tourism Experiences
Voices of Community Partners
The creation of age-friendly environments is especially important to frail older people
Prerequisites for a healthy and independent life among older people
Covid-19
Naturalistic inquiry
Verification Strategies for Establishing Reliability and Validity in Qualitative Research
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