Scaling Up our Well-bean Machine

随着我们老龄人口的健康和福祉处于历史最低水平，NHS和地方政府医疗和社会保健预算的压力不断增加，活跃家庭东北地区开发了一种创新的基于服务的解决方案，致力于解决本地区许多弱势老年人存在的健康和社会不平等问题。我们在过去12个月的工作成功和影响基础上再接再厉，这要归功于UKRI健康老龄化社会风险竞赛的支持，该竞赛还包括联合国有限公司健康老龄化团队的独立评估。这不仅有助于展示这一概念的成功和影响，而且提供了基础和洞察力，以帮助扩大干预规模，并在巨大的地理足迹范围内推出改进版本的干预措施。Well Bean机器涉及采用以地点为基础的方法，为弱势老年人密集的街道和社区提供创新的外展服务，其中许多老年人生活在贫困中。这包括对老年人的参与、联系、激活和支持采取多方面的方法，重点是改善和维持身体和社会活动水平，最终有助于对他们的健康和福祉产生积极影响。我们的移动Well‘Bean品牌电动面包车包含一系列设备，用于提供低强度运动、设备、健康评估工具、折叠座椅、幸福感信息包和茶水/咖啡自动售货机。能够从面包车上提供茶点是一种很好的方式，可以在参加创新和另类体育活动之前和之后促进讨论和发展个人之间的社会纽带。我们还将提供健康评估，提供免费资源和信息，如我们的Active Forever DVD、U盘、家用设备包和茶巾，上面印有易于完成的练习。Well Bean机器将由我们高素质和富有同情心的工作人员驾驶，他们将在会议开始前几周进行上门服务，与年长的居民交谈，宣传该项目，并提供与改善健康有关的指导和建议。我们还将招募和培训一支由50年以上的社区冠军组成的大军，他们将被鼓励接管该项目，鼓励其他老年人参与该计划，并在资金停止后协助(或最终领导)会议。

With the health and wellbeing of our ageing population at an all-time low and pressures ever increasing on the NHS and local government health & social care budgets, Active Families North East have developed an innovative service-based solution dedicated to tackling the health and social inequalities that exist for many vulnerable older people within our region.We have built on the success and impact of our work during the last 12 months thanks to support through the UKRI Healthy Ageing Social Venture Competition, which also included an independent evaluation from Un Ltd's Healthy Ageing Team. This has helped to not only demonstrate the success and impact of the concept but provide the foundations and insight to assist with scaling up the intervention and roll out an improved version of the intervention across a great geographical footprint.The Well Bean Machines involve adopting a place-based approach to provide an innovative outreach service to streets and neighbourhoods with high densities of vulnerable older people, many of whom are living in poverty. This includes a multi-faceted approach to the engagement, connection, activation and support of older people with a focus on improving and sustaining physical and social activity levels which ultimately contributes towards having a positive impact on their health and wellbeing.Our mobile well-'bean' branded electric vans contain a range of equipment to deliver low intensity exercises, equipment, health assessment tools, fold up seats, wellbeing information packs and a tea/coffee dispensing machine. Having the ability to serve refreshments from the vans is a great way to facilitate discussion and develop social bonds between individuals both before and after taking part in innovative and alternative physical activity sessions. We will also offer health assessments, provide free resources and information to take away such as our Active Forever DVD, USB sticks, home equipment packs and tea towels with easy to complete exercises printed on them.The Well Bean Machines will be driven by our highly qualified and empathetic staff that will undertake a door knocking service in the weeks prior to sessions being delivered, talking to older residents, promoting the project and providing guidance and advice in relation to improving health. We will also recruit and train an army of 50 years + community champions that will be encouraged to take ownership of the project, enthusing other older people to engage with the programme, and assist (or eventually lead) sessions after the funding ceases.