The aim of the project is to research the generational friendliness of a city using the city of Wiener Neustadt as a model from the perspective of both young students and older adults. A participatory and action-oriented citizen science (CS) approach will be used to generate knowledge about opportunities and barriers with regard to a generation-friendly city, while research will also be used to intervene and develop a toolkit for a generation-friendly Wiener Neustadt and teaching materials for schools on sustainable use together with the city's various stakeholders. Research will not be conducted on young people and older people, but together with them as citizen scientists as an intergenerational research process.
We aim to create a dementia-friendly library in collaboration with two other organizations in the community: the information service point of the city hall and the city museum. Experts from occupational therapy, health promotion and palliative care will work together with a self-help group including people living with cognitive impairment in this interdisciplinary health promotion project. The aims are to promote health and foster social participation of people with dementia and their carers as well as to contribute to de-stigmatization. Using a participatory health research design based on needs assessments will ensure sustainability.