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Background: Evidence suggests that social innovation and 'whole system' approaches to facilitate greater levels of independence for older people are key to future sustainability of health and social care systems. However, little is known about how to make social interventions in the ageing field scalable and replicable. The aim of this program, introduced in Ireland in 2006 as a longitudinal collaborative experiment between the Health Service, Local Government and an academic partner, the Netwell Centre, was to develop, test and report on a range of service interventions for ageing.