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Aging poses important challenges for regional housing, mobility and social infrastructure as well as nursing care. In this chapter, the planning and implementation process of Pilot Actions in three model regions is described. In South Tyrol, the potential demand for a shuttle service and a home delivery service for the elderly was surveyed. In a sample of residents older than 55 years, 19 % of respondents were interested in using a delivery service and 27 % in using a transport service regularly. Together with regional stakeholders, options for the realization of such services were assessed, specifically involving volunteers. In Bavaria, structures for the care of dementia patients were strengthened. In cooperation with a qualified association, trainings for relatives of demented people, volunteers and nurses were realized at varying locations within the region. A regional network of actors was built and inputs about dementia care were given at relevant regional conferences and meetings. In the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland, a union with the objective to realize multigenerational housing projects in the regional municipalities was established. The formation of this union and a concept for the realization of its objective was elaborated in a regional focus group. Additional members were recruited at a public conference and local politicians were sensitized at municipal council meetings.
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List of persons and institutions which are involved and support the pilot action: AKKU Treff, Obergünzburg; Alzheimer-Gesellschaft Allgäu e.V.; Arbeiter Samariter Bund Oberallgäu, Immenstadt; Berufsfachschule für Altenhilfe bfz – Kempten Außenstelle Immenstadt; Betreuungstellen der Landkreise Ober- und Ostallgäu; Bezirkskrankenhaus BKH Kempten; Bezirkskrankenhaus BKH Kaufbeuren; Bezirkskrankenhaus BKH Memmingen; Bezirk Schwaben; Bildungsportal Allgäu; Bildungswerk Allgäu; Allgäu GmbH/Landkreis Ostallgäu; Caritasverband Kempten-Oberallgäu, Kempten & Sonthofen; Demenzbegleitung Immenstadt-Oberallgäu - NEU dabei -; Ehrenamtlicher Besuchsdienst Oy-Mittelberg; Ehrenamtliche Demenzhilfe Memmingen; Ehrenamtliche Demenz-Hilfe Unterallgäu; Wohngemeinschaft Künersberg – Memmingerberg; Freiwilligen-Agentur Oberallgäu; Haus der Elderlyen, Kempten; Initiativkreis Helfende Hände e.V., Obergünzburg, Katholischer Frauenbund, Immenstadt; Katholischer Frauenbund, Oy; Kirchliche Sozialstation Marktoberdorf-Obergünzburg, gGmbH; Krankenpflegeverein Oy-Mittelberg, Mehrgenerationenhaus Memmingen, Netzwerk Altenhilfe und Gerontopsychiatrie Kaufbeuren/Ostallgäu Allgäu e.V., Elderlyenbeauftragten der Gemeinden und Städte, evangelisch-lutherische Kirchengemeinde Buchloe, Gemeinde Lamerdingen, Landratsamt Ostallgäu Elderlyenfachstelle, Landratsamt Ostallgäu Betreuungsstelle, Landratsamt Oberallgäu Fachstelle Soziales, Landratsamt Unterallgäu Elderlyenfachstelle, elderlyenfachstellen der städte Kaufbeuren, Kempten und Memmingen, Haus der Elderlyen Oberstdorf, bfz Kempten Außenstelle Immenstadt, Dampfsäg Sontheim and others.
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Further information: Marko Just, marko.just@lkzprien.de & Waltraud Hartl, waltraud.hartl@lkzprien.de.
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Wytrzens, H.K. et al. (2014). Aging. In: Bausch, T., Koch, M., Veser, A. (eds) Coping with Demographic Change in the Alpine Regions. European Studies of Population, vol 23. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54681-5_6
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