OWL Age Well™
Make health literacy part of your organization’s culture.
Bring OWL Age Well™ to Your Organization
OWL Age Well™ is the mature-adult stage of the OWL Academy™, with a strong emphasis on independence, healthy aging, health confidence, prevention, healthcare navigation, and meaningful engagement. It is designed for older adults who want to strengthen their health literacy, maintain greater confidence and independence, and make informed choices that support healthy aging and quality of life.
As people age, health decisions can become more complex, often involving multiple healthcare providers, medications, preventive services, changing health needs, caregivers, finances, and community resources. OWL Age Well™ helps participants develop practical skills to find, understand, evaluate, communicate, and use health information to make informed decisions and take meaningful action.
Guidance for Living Well Through Every Chapter
Organizations can use OWL Age Well to provide accessible, engaging learning opportunities that support healthier choices, greater confidence, and well-being through every chapter of life.
Give the mature adults you serve an engaging health-literacy experience that helps them understand health information, make informed decisions, communicate with healthcare professionals, and confidently navigate the journey of aging.
Support healthier choices. Encourage greater confidence. Promote well-being at every age.
OWL Age Well can be a valuable resource for:
- Senior centers and community organizations
- Aging-services organizations
- Healthcare organizations and health systems
- Medicare Advantage and health-plan organizations
- City, county, and community programs
- Retirement and residential communities
- Caregiver and family-support programs
- Faith-based and nonprofit organizations
- Employers and organizations supporting multigenerational communities
Health needs, responsibilities, healthcare experiences, and everyday decisions can change throughout the aging journey. Providing health-literacy education can help older adults feel more prepared to participate in their own care and make informed choices.
OWL Age Well can help organizations:
- Promote greater health-literacy awareness
- Encourage informed health and wellness decisions
- Support communication between individuals and healthcare professionals
- Reinforce healthy behaviors and everyday wellness practices
- Help learners better understand and use health information
- Encourage confidence in navigating healthcare and community resources
- Support independence and active participation in personal health
- Extend wellness education beyond a single event or health campaign
OWL Age Well can complement existing organizational initiatives rather than requiring organizations to create an entirely new educational program.
It can be incorporated into:
- Senior wellness programming
- Community education initiatives
- Population-health efforts
- Health-promotion programs
- Healthy-aging initiatives
- Member engagement programs
- Caregiver-support initiatives
- Community outreach and education
Whether you are introducing OWL Age Well to a small group or providing access to a larger population, organizational enrollment makes it possible to bring health-literacy education to the people you serve.
10 Learners
Ideal for small groups, pilot programs, or focused wellness initiatives.
25 Learners
A practical option for community groups, classes, or organizational programs.
50 Learners
Designed for larger programs serving multiple groups or locations.
100 Learners
An option for organizations seeking broader access across their program or community.
100+ Learners
Need access for a larger population? Contact us to explore customized organizational access plans.
- Mature and older adults seeking greater confidence in understanding and managing health and wellness information.
- Individuals who want practical tools for navigating healthcare, making informed decisions, and supporting healthy aging.
- Senior centers and organizations serving older adults looking to offer engaging health literacy and wellness education.
- Medicare health insurance plans seeking educational resources that can support member health literacy, engagement, and informed participation in care.
- Community organizations and public health initiatives working to improve health outcomes and access to understandable health information.
- City and county governments seeking resources to support healthy aging, senior engagement, and community wellness initiatives.
- Healthcare and wellness organizations serving mature adults and older populations.
- Organizations developing senior programs that promote health literacy, independence, well-being, connection, and community engagement.
Whether experienced individually or offered through an organization, OWL Age Well provides an opportunity to help mature adults build the knowledge, confidence, and practical skills needed to navigate health and wellness with greater independence and purpose.
Individuals can enroll in OWL Age Well to build greater confidence in managing their health, communicating with healthcare professionals, understanding health information, and navigating resources.
Organizations serving older adults can incorporate OWL Age Well into senior wellness, education, engagement, and health promotion programs.
Medicare health plans and other healthcare organizations may use the program as a health literacy resource to support member education, engagement, preventive health, and informed participation in care.
Cities, counties, community organizations, senior centers, and public health initiatives can use OWL Age Well as a resource to support older-adult engagement, community health literacy, and efforts to improve population health outcomes.
This organizational focus is consistent with the CDC’s broader definition of health literacy, which recognizes that organizations also have a responsibility to make health information and services easier for people to find, understand, and use.
- Understand health information without feeling overwhelmed by medical terminology.
- Find trustworthy information and resources for everyday health decisions.
- Ask better questions and communicate more confidently with healthcare professionals.
- Navigate healthcare and community resources with greater independence.
- Understand and participate in healthcare decisions.
- Recognize potential health and safety risks and identify appropriate actions.
- Build sustainable habits that support healthy aging.
- Use technology more confidently when accessing health information and services.
- Advocate for themselves and communicate their needs and preferences.
- Maintain greater independence and confidence as health needs and circumstances change.
OWL Age Well explores the knowledge, skills, and practical strategies mature adults can use to navigate health, wellness, and everyday life with greater confidence and independence. Informed by key CDC health literacy principles, the program focuses on helping participants find, understand, evaluate, and use health information and services to make informed decisions and take meaningful action. Learning experiences address healthy aging, healthcare navigation, communication, prevention, safety, wellness habits, digital health, self-advocacy, social connection, community resources, and maintaining purpose and engagement.
Through practical, age-appropriate learning experiences, OWL Age Well helps participants turn health information into understanding, understanding into informed choices, and informed choices into action.
It explores how to navigate the healthcare system, manage chronic conditions, make informed decisions about medications, and build sustainable habits around nutrition and movement. Participants learn practical strategies for mental and emotional resilience, deepen social connection, and engage with community resources that support independence.
For organizations offering OWL Age Well to mature adults, the program can provide:
- Individual or Group Online Access
- Engaging Video Lessons
- Age-appropriate Health Literacy Education
- Teaching and Facilitation Resources
- Practical Learning Activities
- Health Literacy-Focused Learning Experiences
- Flexible Implementation Options
- Resources suitable for senior wellness and community program
- Optional facilitator guides for senior centers, community programs, and wellness teams
- Flexible enrollment options for individuals, organizations, and Medicare‑aligned initiatives
Age Well integrates seamlessly into senior wellness programs, community health efforts, and employer‑based benefits. The program can be particularly relevant for Medicare health plans, senior centers, community organizations, public health programs, municipalities, counties, and other organizations serving older adults.
- Nutrition, hydration, movement, sleep, and sustainable daily wellness habits
- Preparing for appointments, understanding healthcare resources, and participating confidently in care.
- Understanding medication and treatment information and knowing what questions to ask
- Navigating the healthcare system
- Medication and chronic condition management
- Understanding healthcare resources, costs, insurance terminology, and community assistance.
- Mental wellness, stress, and emotional resilience
- Social connection and community engagement
- Digital wellness and health technology
- Safety, home environment, and fall prevention
- Setting realistic goals, taking action, and adapting to change
- …and so much more.
