During the EU-funded project "Healthy Active Living for Seniors" (active I), an online planner has been developed. It is based on behaviour change theory and offers assessment, goal setting, week planning and activity tracking for physical activity, nutrition and mental well-being. It is called Plan50+
http://www.plan50plus.eu
What do you think about it? Do you know about similar planners?
The consortium and I would very much appreciate if you could just try it and give any feedback here on ResearchGate and/or to the contact given on the web page. Registration is necessary for re-access the individual plans. Of course, nobody will be given any of your data.
http://www.plan50plus.eu
Dear Michael,
I like both the idea and the planner. Clearly all age groups are fascinated by ‘quantified self’ approaches - just visiting a random gym shows that many people enjoy documenting their exercises. Later some of them even track their meals. Although I personally do not think this granularity of documentation is necessary in terms of health outcomes, the sheer possibility of recording activities just-in-time seems very attractive.
This is there I see a chance to improve your planner: clearly part of the fascination comes from the ubiquitous character of devices - documenting on smart phones on the go. Thus, I would recommend to create an app for mobile devices for your planner as well.
Best, Oliver
As a active senior, (62), I think that it is an excellent idea especially if it builds a support community that can interact. I would suggest that the planner covers all areas of wellness since one often affects the other.
Thank you very much for your comments. Yes the interaction of different aspects is considered particularly. Please have a look at the active living course which was also part of the project (website above). It is a good idea to implement this also in the online planner.
Dear Oliver and all,
you are right, just self-tracking what I'm doing can be very inspiring, especially when a technical device does the "documentation" automatically. It can motivate to increase (and maintain) activities. It can be used for gamification and thus further motivation (you know better than me).
However, in the starting phase, when someons is about to look for the "right" sport, to make the first steps -- then more concrete planning and documentation can be helpful. It should help to develop from a general "I want to do sport, healthy eating, ..." to a concrete "I will start on this or that day".
Anyway: Our online planner (or parts of it) in an app would be great!
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