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Preventing loneliness and social isolation — interventions and outcomes
Author(s)	Karen Windle, Jennifer Francis, Caroline Coomber
Corporate Author	Social Care Institute for Excellence - SCIE
Publisher	Social Care Institute for Excellence, October 2011
Pages	15 pp (Research briefing, 39)
Source	Download report: http://www.scie.org.uk/publications/briefings/brie...
Keywords	Loneliness ; Isolation ; Preventative medicine ; Services ; Evaluation.
Annotation	Older people are particularly vulnerable to social isolation or loneliness owing to loss of friends and family, mobility or income. This briefing provides a summary of the research knowledge into the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of services to prevent social isolation and loneliness. The briefing lists key interventions in three groups: one to one interventions, group services, and wider community engagement. It then discusses the outcomes of interventions in the following areas: social isolation, reducing loneliness, health and wellbeing, health service use, people's views on the interventions, organisational implications, implementing effective interventions, and cost-effective interventions. Existing gaps in the research evidence are also highlighted. (JL).
Accession Number	CPA-111110010 B
Classmark	DV: TP: LK2: I: 4C
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