Development of the WESTERN plan for supporting active ageing in retirement and care facilities

这项研究旨在解决老年人在收容所、辅助生活、疗养院和需要外展护理的人中保持机动性、幸福感和生活质量的问题。换句话说，这个项目的目的是提供一个个性化的方案，将这些环境转变为促进而不是阻碍积极老龄化的环境。当个人居住在这样的设施中时，往往会倾向于屈服于一种老化的刻板印象，其特征是与更广泛的社会社区脱节，减少体力活动，对烹饪和饮食健康、均衡的饮食漠不关心，以及无助感。因此，与年龄相关的疾病，如认知障碍、身体功能丧失、虚弱和精神健康不良，在这一人群中非常普遍。幸运的是，这些问题中的许多是可以通过简单的生活方式行为来预防的(或者至少可以减速)。提供一个系统来激励、提示和支持老年人将促进健康的自我照顾行为纳入他们的日常生活中，可以促进积极衰老，遏制任何可预防的精神、身体和情绪下降。西方的计划(步行、锻炼零食、太极、陶冶、人际关系、营养)旨在提供一个简单、个性化的计划，植根于行为科学，以优化动机、参与度和可接受性。该计划将在目标用户知情的数字平台上提供，用于整合行为改变技术、可扩展性和传播，将为用户、护理人员和家庭成员提供结构，并作为居民持续增长、价值、归属感和蓬勃发展的健康和福祉的基础。

This research aims to address the problem of maintaining mobility, wellbeing, and quality of life in older adults in sheltered accommodation, assisted living, care homes and people who require outreach care. In other words, this project will aim to provide a personalized programme that transforms these settings into ones that facilitate rather than impeded active ageing.Often when individuals reside in such facilities there is a tendency to succumb to an ageing stereotype characterized by a detachment from the wider social community, a reduction in physical activity, apathy towards cooking and eating healthy, balanced meals, and feelings of helplessness. Consequently, age-associated conditions such as cognitive impairment, loss of physical function, frailty and poor mental health are highly prevalent within this population.Fortunately, many of these issues are preventable (or at the very least, can be decelerated) through simple lifestyle behaviours. Providing a system to motivate, prompt and support older adults to include health-enhancing 'self-care' behaviours into their daily routines can promote active ageing, and curb any preventable mental, physical, and emotional decline.The WESTERN plan (Walking, Exercise Snacking, Tai-chi, Edification, Relationships, Nutrition) aims to provide a simple, personalized programme that is rooted in behavioural science to optimize motivation, engagement, and acceptability. The plan, which will be provided on a target-user informed digital platform for integration of behaviour change techniques, scalability and dissemination, will provide structure for users, care staff and family members and act as a basis for continued growth, value, belongingness and thriving health and wellbeing in residents.