Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, 8036 Graz, Austria.
Faculty of Health Management in Tourism, University of Applied Sciences FH JOANNEUM, 8344 Bad Gleichenberg, Austria.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Jan 13;18(2):639. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18020639.
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.
鉴于欧洲人口预期寿命的延长所带来的持续人口发展，创建“适合老年人居住”的环境是欧盟及其成员国采取的一项举措，旨在实现积极和健康的老龄化。本研究旨在共同创建一个跨境框架模型，以建立一个连接奥地利和斯洛文尼亚的健康老龄化区域，该模型建立在之前处理开发积极和健康老龄化综合区域生态系统的工作基础上。基于焦点小组讨论的定性、基于社区的行动研究方法，允许在 Promura 地区的跨境合作基础上，为积极和健康老龄化开发一个典范框架模型。在项目组中，确定了十二个跨境区域关键资产。在进一步的公开讨论过程中，开发了一个跨境健康老龄化区域部署的典范模型，包括基本环境方面、健康和护理领域的区域结构以及跨越所有层面的跨领域特征。本文提出了一种有前途的、战略性的共同创造方法，说明如何在两个具有相似特征和资产的跨境地区之间跨越一个积极和健康老龄化的模型。
