Active and Healthy Ageing for All 2.0

This project builds on the PWO project AHAA (2019-2021), in which a lifestyle programme was developed for mobile older adults in vulnerable situations, aimed at promoting active and healthy ageing. The previous AHAA project revealed that older adults in socially vulnerable situations remain largely invisible to local service centres (LDCs). It also showed that a small-scale rollout of the programme within LDCs was insufficient to evaluate its impact. Furthermore, existing local organisations for older adults expressed a need for easily implementable programmes that can be embedded into their regular activities.

Therefore, the focus of this follow-up project will be on:

1. Strengthening neighbourhood engagement by identifying and reaching older adults in socially vulnerable situations within the local communities of participating LDCs, community health centres, and neighbourhood care organisations;
2. Large-scale rollout and evaluation of the group programme in six centres across Brussels and Flanders; and
3. Developing and offering a train-the-trainer module and interactive study day for coordinators, staff, volunteers of field partners, and students, to support integration of the programme into existing offerings. In addition to publishing the results through formal and informal channels, an informative study afternoon will be organised to share the programme’s outcomes with older adults, interested professionals, field partners and other organisations, students, and members of the public.