 In Switzerland, the proportion of over-fifty-year-olds is growing rapidly - between 1996 and 2007, the proportion of people over 50 in employment grew from 26 to 31. By 2020, the proportion will increase to one-third Meyer, 2008. In addition, the baby boomers will retire in the next few years. In the canton of Glarus, about 26 will be older than 65 years in 2030, compared to only 18 today. The use of health services and the consequential higher costs for the health system will rise dramatically Cruz et al., 2014. It is believed that approximately 2 billion Swiss Francs could be saved by 2030 by means of health promotion and disease prevention programs in this age group Stuck et al., 2009. In 2007, the Federal Council designed the Strategies for the Swiss old-age policy, which is based on the assumptions of active aging by the WHO in 2002. The knowledge gained showed that in particular individual health literacy and behavioral and relationship-oriented health promotion efforts strengthen the health and social integration. Moreover, the Federal Council describes that health promotion and the prevention of chronic diseases and functional disability will be future needs Rielle, Wirz, Wiesli, 2010. This is supported by the data available from the Federal Office of Statistics, which identified a permanent health problem by 43.2 among 55-64 year olds and 47.2 among 65-74 year olds BFS, 2012. 