Golf Clubs as Healthy Ageing/Research Hubs

**社会高尔夫CIC** **正在推动一项快速发展的社会运动**我们以创新和动态的方式向老龄化人口介绍高尔夫的社会/健康/福利益处_。我们成功申请了“创新英国”基金，创建了一个老年人友好型高尔夫球场网络，在这里，面临晚年挑战的家庭聚集在一起，享受更积极、更受支持的生活。有了我们，被诊断出有健康问题的老年人可以重新获得使命感，享受美丽的户外活动，结识新朋友。他们发现当地的高尔夫俱乐部可以成为更快乐/更健康生活的组成部分，同时他们的照顾者也可以得到喘息和支持。受益人共同设计服务，时间表适合个人和护理人员，并且不需要之前的高尔夫经验。**高尔夫俱乐部重新构想/重新定位为健康老龄化/研究中心**迄今为止，已有650多名老年人和护理人员受益于我们的课程，为他们提供适度的锻炼、精神刺激、社交和喘息/支持。通过证明高尔夫对老年人来说是触手可及的、令人愉快的、包容的，我们正在打破传统的障碍和负面看法。事实证明，我们的受益人中有50%以前从未打过高尔夫球（有些人甚至从未去过高尔夫俱乐部），70%的人每周都在当地的俱乐部享受高尔夫球。我们现在将把两个高尔夫俱乐部作为研究中心，最终成为创新驱动的门诊诊所。通过扩展这一模式，我们将彻底改变老年人参与和接受OT/PT及相关服务的方式。为了实现这一目标，我们将扩大与创新英国、NHS、专门从事健康老龄化的社会企业以及高等教育/研究伙伴的合作；向老年人学习，特别是患有虚弱/痴呆症的老年人。这些发现将有助于进一步发展/改进我们的干预措施。**我们的“高尔夫之路”将带来进一步的创新和显著的规模扩大**在高尔夫课程开始时，我们将对关键的健康/力量指标进行关键/基线测量，包括骨密度、肌肉和握力、平衡和步态。随后的测量将帮助我们找到“什么有效”的证据，并展示扩大正确/最佳干预措施的潜力。对虚弱和痴呆的研究非常重要，因为这是病床阻塞、住院和再入院的两个主要原因。因此，该试点/项目也将为NHS带来重大价值；解决15万多个护理职位空缺（以及29%的人员流失率）的护理危机，解决与多种/单独治疗相关的成本问题，并使专家能够将最佳实践建立在更广泛的/遗留的NHS/社会护理服务中。

**Golf in Society CIC** **is driving a fast-growing social movement**We are innovatively and dynamically introducing the social/health/wellbeing benefits of golf to our ageing population_._Successfully applying Innovate UK funding, we've created a network of age-friendly golf venues, where families facing later-life challenges come together and enjoy a more active and supported life.With us, older people with diagnosed health conditions enjoy a renewed sense of purpose, enjoy the beautiful outdoors and meet new people. They discover how their local golf club can become an integral part of a happier/healthier life and their carers enjoy respite and support at the same time.Beneficiaries co-design services, timetables suit individuals and carers, and no prior golfing experience is necessary.**Golf Clubs reimagined/repurposed as Healthy Ageing/Research hubs**To date, 650+ older people and carers have benefitted from our sessions providing moderate exercise, mental stimulation, socialising and respite/support.By proving that golf is accessible, enjoyable, inclusive and available to older adults, we're breaking down traditional barriers and negative perceptions. This is evidenced by the fact that 50% of our beneficiaries had never played golf before (some had never even visited a golf club) and 70% progress to enjoy weekly golf at their local club.We will now dedicate two of our golf clubs as Research Hubs, to ultimately become innovation-driven Outpatient Clinics.By expanding this model, we will revolutionize how many older people engage and receive OT/PT and related services.To achieve this, we will expand on our work with Innovate UK, the NHS, social enterprises specialising in healthy ageing, and higher education/research partners; to learn from older people living specifically with frailty/dementia. The findings will help develop/improve our interventions further.**Our 'Golf Pathways' will lead to further innovation and significant scale-up**At the start of golf sessions, we will take key/baseline measurements of key health/strength indicators, including bone density, muscle and grip strength, balance and gait. Subsequent measurements will then help us develop evidence of 'what works' and demonstrate potential for scaling-up the right/best interventions.Research into frailty and dementia is hugely important because these are the two main causes of bed-blocking, hospital admissions and readmissions. Therefore, this pilot/project will also bring significant value to the NHS; addressing the care-crisis of 150,000+ unfilled care vacancies (and 29% staff turnover), costs associated with multiple/separate treatments, and enabling experts to build best practice into broader/legacy NHS/Social care services.