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Social isolation in older people
Corporate Author	Social Care Institute for Excellence - SCIE
Journal title	Community Care, issue 1703, 13 December 2007
Pages	pp 36-37
Source	http://www.communitycare.co.uk
Keywords	Isolation ; Ageism ; Literature reviews.
Annotation	The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) analyses some research findings on social isolation, social exclusion and social inclusion. The extent to which an older person may be experiencing social isolation has been examined by the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) which uses seven measurement criteria. The Department of Health (DH) has a Dignity in Care campaign for which SCIE has produced a practice guide. Short abstracts are presented for four items with age discrimination as the focus. 'Social inclusion and older people: a call for action' from help the Aged, and 'Age of equality? outlawing age discrimination beyond the workplace' from Age Concern England (ACE) were published in 2007. An article in Critical Social Policy in 2006 by John Percival and Julienne Hanson looked at telecare and its implications for older people's independence and social inclusion; while in Working with Older People, Michele Hollywood looked at Sure Start services for older people. Other web resources are suggested. (RH)
Accession Number	CPA-071217206 A
Classmark	TP: B:TOB: 64A *
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