Table 3.
Funding of programs related to health promotion interventions for older population groups
| Country | Name of the program | Type of activity | Target group | Who is provider | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Kleeblatt | Diet, exercise, motivation, social life | General | Public non-profit organization |
Fonds Gesundes Österreich Fonds Gesundes Vorarlberg |
| Austria | “Happy together” – Fitness and nutrition courses for migrants from Turkey |
Fitness, nutrition | Educationally disadvantaged older people Older people from minority ethnic groups Older women Socio-economically disadvantaged older people |
Public non-profit organization |
Fonds Gesundes Österreich Fonds Soziales Wien Wiener Krankenanstaltenverbund |
| Austria, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, UK | SenEmpower | Self-employment | Older adults | EU funds | Life Long learning programs EU |
| Austria | Aktiver Lebensabend | Active-retirement | Older adults | Public non-profit organization |
City of Graz |
| Austria | Moving stories | Story and theater in nursing homes | Older adults | Public non profit | Health fund austria |
| Austria | Health of the elderly generation | - | Older adults | Public non-profit | Bundesministerium für Gesundheit |
| Austria | Plan60 – Health promotion for older people in urban areas | Social inclusion, Better quality of life | Older than 60 | Public non-profit | Fund for healthy Austria |
| Austria | Changing Track at Third Age | Social inclusion | Older women | Public non-profit | European Commission Austrian statutory cooperation Own funding |
| Austria | Active Ageing! Investment in the health of older people | Social inclusion Health education |
Minorities | Public non-profit | World Health Organization (WHO) Fonds Soziales Wien |
| Austria | The spider and the net | Social inclusion | Older women-caregivers | Public non-profit | City of Graz (finished) |
| Austria | Staying mobile for life | Physical and mental fitness | Older adults | Public non-profit | The Federal State of Vorarlberg Material support by the cities and other sponsor(ongoing) |
| Austria | Ripe Apples | Healthy life style | Older adults | Public non-profit | Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture, Fund for a Healthy Austria, City of Graz (finished) |
| Austria | Promoting Healthy Ageing in Rural and Semi-Urban Communities in Austria | Social networking | Older adults | Public non-profit | Fund for a Healthy Austria finished |
| Austria | Productive Ageing in the GiroCredit Bank | Age friendly working environment | Older adults | Private profit | Bank-ongoing |
| Austria | Women’s Autumn | Healthy aging | Older women | Public non-profit | Fund for healthy Austria |
| Austria | Counselling at the Street Corner | Information about healthy aging | Older migrants | Public non-profit | Federal State of Vienna-ongoing |
| Austria | LENA - Learning in post-professional phase | Learning in older age | Older adults | Public non-profit | EU Commission |
| Austria | LIMA – Life Quality in old age | Mental trainings | Older adults | Public non-profit | Fund for healthy Austria |
| Austria, Germany, Italy, Portugal, UK | LISA – Learning in Senior Age | Education for elderly | Older adults | Public non-profit | EU Commission-government co-funding |
| Austria | Schmid Skrew Factory | Factory for elderly | Old workers | Private profit | The project is part of the LIFE-Programme of the voestalpine company-ongoing |
| Austria | SMZ Liebenau – Seniors platform | Social networks | Older adults | Public non-profit | Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum (SMZ) Liebenau |
| Netherlands | Pink buddies | Loneliness, depression | Older -homosexual | NGOs | The Schorer Foundation receives financial support for their projects from private funds, local authorities and sponsors. |
| Netherlands | GALM/Groningen Active Living Model | Physical activities | Older adults | NGOs, public | The government contributes 50 % to a local project on the basis of the so-called ‘Breedte Sport Impuls’, a financial regulation encouraging sports activities. Participants contribute about € 2.50-€ 3.00 per person. |
| Netherlands | Activating home visits for and by elderly immigrants | Social-emotional support | Older adults | Public non profit | ZonMw |
| Netherlands | Friendship enrichment programme for older women | Social inclusion | Older women | Public non profit | ZonMw |
| Netherlands | GRIP on life: a Bibliotherapy in Self-Management Ability (SMA) | Self-Management Ability (SMA) | Older adults | Public non profit | ZonMw |
| Netherlands | The course ‘Looking for meaning in life’ | Decrease depression | Older adults | Public non profit | Trimbos Institute (Dutch Institute for Mental Health and Addiction) and ZONMW. |
| Netherlands | Falling-clinics | Preventing falling | Older adults | Public non profit | General health clinics, medical centres or hospitals |
| Netherlands | ‘Be down and brighten up 55+’ | Mental prevention | Old migrants | Public non profit | GGZ-instellingen |
| 9 EU countries | Future Elderly Living Conditions in Europe |
Older adults | Public non profit | - | |
| Denmark | Healthy Throughout Life | improving quality of life and reducing social inequality in health. | Older adults | Public non-profit | government |
| Finland | Quality recommendations for guided health-enhancing physical activity for older people | Physical activity | Older adults | Public non-profit | Government, local municipalities |
| France | The Elderly | Healthy life style | Older adults | Public non-profit | Government |
| Hungary | Improving the health of the elderly | Healthy life style | Older adults | Public non-profit | - |
| Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, UK | From Isolation to Inclusion | Social inclusion, poverty | Older vulnerable groups | Public non-profit | Second Trans-national Exchange Programme of the European Commission, 2005 – 2007 |
| Sweden, Finland, Poland and UK | Ageless at work | Labor participation | Oder adults | Public non profit | EU Commission; funding instrument ESF |
| Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland |
MATURE@eu | Improve conditions for older workers | Older adults | EU-funding instrument: Leonardo da Vinci |
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| Czech Republic | Older women and mental health promotion | Quality of life of older women, depression, stres | Older women | Private non profit | National Programme on Health - Health Promotion Projects, Ministry of Health of the CR, |
| Czech Republic | Improvement in the nutrition of older people as a supporting factor of their general health status | Quality of life | Older adults | Public non profit | National Programme on Health - Health Promotion Projects, Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic |
| Czech Republic | Healthy Aging | Prevention of fall | Older adults in nursing homes | Private non profit | National Programme on Health- Health Promotion Projects, Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (Národní program zdraví - Projekty podpory zdraví) |
| Czech Republic | Effect of reminiscence therapy on the health status and quality of life of residents of care homes | loneliness | Older adults in nursing homes | Public non profit | Internal Grant Agency of the Czech Ministry of Health |
| Czech Republic | No fear from healthy ageing | Physical activity | Older adults (finished) | Public non profit | National Programme for Health- Health Promotion Projects, Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic (Národní program zdraví - Projekty podpory zdraví, Ministerstvo zdravotnictví CR) |
| Czech Republic | Cognitive training and physical fitness programmes for older people | Prevention of mental health Physical activity |
Older adults | Public non profit | National Programme on Health - Health Promotion Projects (Národní program zdraví- Projekty podpory zdraví) - Ministry of Health of the CR Municipal Authority of the City Sokolov |
| Germany | Fit for 100 | Physical activity | Older than 80 | Public non profit | Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs North Rhine-Westphalia (MAGS) |
| Germany | conversation Cafe for Older Citizens of Görlitz | Mental health prevention | Older adults | Public non profit | Insurance companies Private companies |
| Germany | Aging and Health - Patient Education for Women | Quality of life | Older women migrants | Public non profit | AOK |
| Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland | MATURE@eu | Improve conditions for older workers | Older adults | Public non profit | EU-funding instrument: Leonardo da Vinci |
| Italy | Immigration as a social resource, rather than a source of fear | Social inclusion | Older adults | Public | Social Solidarity Ministry |
| 12 EU countries | WeDO2 - For the wellbeing and dignity of older people | Social networks, social inclusion | Older adults | Public | European Commission Lifelong Learning Programme |
| Sweden, Netherland, Norway, Hungary, Italy, Germany, Ireland | IROHLA - Intervention research on health literacy among the ageing population | Health literacy | Older adults | Public | EU |
| France, Poland and Ireland | EMIN works on adequacy of minimum old age income schemes | Social inclusion | Older adults | Public | Polish Committee for the Scientific Research |
| Poland | Older Man, Older Woman | Abuse prevention | Older adults | Public | Funds from local authorities |
| Poland | Encouraging mutual support amongst older people in Antoniuk in Bialystok | Social support | Older adults | Public | Foundation for Polish-German Cooperation Committee for Scientific Research |
| Slovakia | I am 65+ and happy to live the healthy life | Quality of life | Older adults | Public | government |
| Slovakia | Memory training for older people | Mental health | Older adults | Public | Local hospitals |
| Slovakia | Programmes for active ageing | Social networks | Older adults | Public | Members fees and donations |
| Slovakia | Seniors, join in | Intergenerational solidarity | Older adults | public | Ministry of Transportation, Post-Office and Telecommunications of the SR |
| Slovakia | Successful ageing | Mental health prevention | Older adults | Public | government |
| Slovenia | Career plan for 50+ | Labor activity | Older adults | Private | Center for lifelong learning; center for new knowledge |
| Slovenia | Dancing in old age | Physical activity; social interaction | Older adults | Public profit | City of maribor |
| Slovenia | Better quality of life for older people | Quality of life | Older adults | public | share CBC, Joint Small Project Fund Slovenia/Hungary 2002. |
| Slovenia | Foreign languages - University for the third life period | Mental health | Older adults | Public profit | Local communities |
| Slovenia | Community Nursing Care | Mental health | Older adults | Public | Ministry of Health, National Health Insurance System and local communities, Institute for Health Protection |
| Slovenia | Intergenerational camps | Solidarity | Older adults | Public | Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs. |
| Slovenia | Mobility for health | Physical activity | Older adults | Public | Univerza za tretje zivljensko obdobje Bela Krajina |
| Slovenia | Self-help groups for older people | Social inclusion, mental health | Older adults | Public | Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs; local communities |
| Spain | Expert Patients | Mental health | Older adults | Private | Consejería de Sanidad de la Región de Murcia |
| Spain | + plus life | Cognitive skills | Older adults | Private | FATEC-older people association in catalania |
| Spain | Community project for falls prevention | Fall prevention | Older adults | Public | ABS Salt-local communities |
| Spain | Supportive Halls | Solidarity neighbors | Older adults | Private | Obra Social Cajamadrid |
| Italy | The solidarity project | Social support | Older adults | Public | Advisory to the social politics and health promotion of Rome Municipality donations by TIM society donations by Gemm Spa |
| Italy | Clowns in health care homes (R.S.A): jocularity therapy | Mental health | Older adults in nursing homes | Private | CADIAI Social Cooperation |
| Italy | Improving the quality of life in the third age through new technology | Mental health | Older adults | Public | Region of Liguria (regional funds, national, communitary) |
| Italy | Immigration as a social resource, rather than a source of fear | Social inclusion | Older adults | Private | Social Solidarity Ministry |
| Spain | Let’s go | Physical activity | Older adults | Private | Spanish red cross |
| Spain | Ageing School | Emotional support, physical activities | Older adults | Public | Local communities |
| Spain | Active Company | Walking activities | Older adults | Public | Red cross |
| UK | Providing health promotion to older people - Suffolk Social Care | Social support | Older adults | Public | West Suffolk Primary Care Trust |
| UK | A specialist health and social care team for the promotion of health and independence in ‘at risk’ older adults | Social security | Older adults | Public | Camden and Islington Primary Care Groups |
| UK | Positive Action on Falls: A Peer Education Approach | Fall prevention | Older adults | Public | Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) |
| UK | Chair Based Exercise Project | Physical activity | Older people | Public | North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust |
| UK | RISE | Social inclusion | Older adults | Private | Regenerate-RISE, Charitable organization |
| UK | Health promotion through sports and recreational activities | Physical activities | General population/older adults | Private | Local health authority in the North East of England |
| UK | Bromley-by-Bow Centre | Emotional support | Older adults | Private | Charitable donations |
| UK | The Forth view Drama Project | Mental health prevention | Residential home | Public | Fife Council |
| UK | Sharing and Caring | Mental health | Older adults | Private | Age concern |
| UK | Older Adults Support Service in Southwark (London, UK) | Alcohol prevention | Older adults | Public | government |
| Italy | Data club project | Alcohol prevention | Older adults | Public | Research body |
| UK | Alcohol and older people | Alcohol prevention | Older adults | Public | Funded by other sources: ICGP and National Council for ageing and Older People |
| Germany | Independent in seniority – addiction issues can be solved | Alcohol prevention | Older adults | Public | government |
| Germany | Health Promotion for Older Migrants - The Göppingen Project | Healthy life style | Older migrants | Public non profit | Ministry of Health and Social Security Citizens Foundation of the City of Göppingen Neue Württembergische Zeitung and Kreissparkasse Göppingen |
| Germany | Prevention of Falls in Nursing Homes | Fall prevention | Older adults in nursing homes | Public | Federal Association of BKK Working group Ulm Working group Hamburg (finished) |
| Germany | Campaign Addiction Prophylaxis. Work group older people | Alcohol prevention | Older adults | Private | AOK |
| Germany | Active Health Promotion in Old Age | Mental health prevention | Older adults | Public | Federal Ministry of Family, Seniors, Women and Youth (BMFSFJ). Foundation Max und Ingeborg Herz. |
| Germany | Senior Networks of Cologne | Social networks | Older adults | Public | City of Cologne |
| Germany | Federal Government’s Pilot Project Really fit from 50 onward | Physical activity | Older adults | Public | Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth Kneipp Factories |
| Greece | Implementation of a physical exercise program for third age people in the municipality of Thessaloniki. Four years on: progress, comments, conclusions. | Physical activity | Older adults | Public | Municipality of Thesaloniki |
| Greece | Action programs for older people | Physical activity | Older adults | Public | Municipality of Agios Dimitrios |
| Italy | Evaluation of neighborhood assistance for frail older people | Social support | Older adults | Public | Municipality of Brescia City |