Active Ageing! (Aktiv ins Alter!)
Austria
The WHO-demonstration project \"Active Ageing!\" was carried out in three districts in Vienna from 2003 to 2005. The project intended to improve the health of socially disadvantaged older people and to combat social exclusion on basis of existing resources in the community. This was made possible by a multicultural and client-centred approach, including trained social workers and psychologists visiting the target group at home to find out about their expectations and needs. People at high risk of social exclusion are isolated people, members of socially and financially disadvantaged groups such as older migrants from former Yugoslavian countries or Turkey. In general, older migrants are badly informed about asserts and services existent in the community. Therefore the project worked on two levels: firstly on the basis of the individual needs, and secondly on the systemic level, in order to improve the social infrastructure in the districts.

City Department for Senior´Affairs (Seniorenbüro der Stadt Graz)
Austria
The senior office acts as a networking and relay institution for various activities offered for elderly citizens in the city of Graz.

Community empowerment in Graz - Denggenhof
Austria
The housing scheme “Denggenhof“ in the city of Graz has approximately 1500 inhabitants. The community management project “Denggenhof“ was launched in 1999 to promote active and representative participation towards enabling all community members to meaningfully influence the decisions that affect their lives and improve their living situation. Citizens are considered as experts of their life situations and are empowered to implement innovative ideas according to their individual interests and skills.

Integration of senior migrant citizens into two senior clubs in the 15th district of Vienna
Austria
The project was started in 2003 to promote the integration of senior migrant citizens´ interests into all offers for elderly citizens provided by the city of Vienna.

Megaphon-Uni. Education without Barriers
Austria
The MAGAPHON-University enables social disadvantaged people to obtain eductaion at university level by providing a series of lectured tailored to the needs and interests of the target group. All lectures are free of charge. The idea behind is \"the exchange of knowledge at the same level\" between professors teaching at university and socially disadvantaged (older) people.

Project to promote an intergenerational cooperation in public places (Park(T)raum – für ein gutes Miteinander)
Austria
“Park(T)raum“ is an intergenerational project with young social workers and older volunteers (mainly senior migrant citizens). Both groups supervise recreation parks in Vienna and provide entertainment to young children playing in the park. The aim is to form new coalitions across the boarders of generation and to strengthen intergenerational solidarity by integrating children, young adults, adults and senior citizens. In the first step, the project has been launched in two public parks in the 15th district of Vienna. The objectives of the project are:
- Promoting intergenerational contacts
- Promoting intercultural exchange
- Developing new kinds of entertainments (games, joint actions)
- Promoting mutual support and solidarity
- Raising awareness of the needs of the other groups
Furthermore, the project aims at building up cooperation between social services, child day associations, youth clubs and services for older citizens.

Change of ends(Seitenwechsel)
Germany
Volunteers are caring for chronically ill older people who have formerly worked as volunteers themselves.

Excercise and gymnastics for senior migrant citizens (Bewegungs- und Gymnastikangebot für ältere Migranten)
Germany
In the neighbourhood centre of a Wetzlar district senior gymnastics for migrant citizens were offered.

Project "Getting old in Neighbourhood" (Projekt “Alt werden in Nachbarschaft“)
Germany
Strengthening community networks which facilitate an independent life in old age

Madreperla – preparation of caregivers and legality issues (Madreperla: preparazione e legalità nel lavoro di cura)
Italy
The project operates in the field of foreigner caregivers of not self-sufficient older people hired by the families. The activities wants to deal with the qualification of caregivers and their social visibility. It aims at catering the need of the social inclusion of migrant women and those of the families through an action of tutoring devoted to caregivers.

Promoting Independence Team
United Kingdom
A joint health and social care team which proactively ‘case finds\' older people felt to be at risk of an emergency or general deterioration in their quality of life. Multi-disciplinary team which carries out holistic assessment and short term case management.

Quality of Life Survey
United Kingdom
An annual survey to assess the quality of life of the local population.