An empirical study for using youth powers to create new model for aging baby boomers in Taiwan.

According to WHO, creating an age-friendly environment requires actions owing to the rapid increase of the aging population. The older in the next decade are the baby boomers generation, and their lifestyle and desire are different from current's generation. That means we need a new model to take care of and serve older adults in the future. This needs a new career development opportunity for youth. Through this study, we designed cross-generational co-creation and actions. Youths and senior citizens collaborated to accomplish four tasks including diet, physical activity, cognition, and social relationship. This empirical study was implemented by Yang Sheng Foundation (YSF) which is a third sector organization and promotes "self-healing" strategy and behavior changes for older adults. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]