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Making connections
— reducing loneliness and encouraging well-being | | Author(s) | Shelagh Marshall, Janet Crampton |
| Journal title | Working With Older People, vol 19, no 4, 2015 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2015 |
| Pages | pp 182-187 |
| Source | www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/wwop.htm |
| Keywords | Loneliness ; Isolation ; Quality of life ; Well being ; Pilot ; Projects. |
| Annotation | This paper draws attention to work carried out by the Age Action Alliance, Isolation and Loneliness Working Group to identify vulnerable people in the community. It highlights successful aspects of a pilot project which could be used by other organisations seeking to reduce the effects of isolation and loneliness in the community. (Links to the full report and the more detailed findings can be found at http://ageactionalliance.org/). The main proposal was to test the most effective approach in identifying those at risk of loneliness, by involving pharmacists in two well-known high street pharmacies, who handed out a simple questionnaire to a target 100 customers at each pharmacy or health care team over a six-week period. Having a simple questionnaire proves to be successful and gets a good rate of return: the right partners are essential for bringing effective results. Referrals were handled very professionally and people were helped to connect socially. While the sample was small, the authors achieved a relatively high rate of return. In consequence, a number of people were directly helped in accessing support, information and advice to enable them to feel less lonely. Planning and preparation for this project proved that everyone needs to be actively and continuously involved from the beginning. Furthermore, when involving local pharmacies, the manager or lead pharmacist at a store should lead and actively engage their staff in the project's aims and objectives. This project aimed to identify people at risk of loneliness and the potential adverse effect on their health and well-being. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160115205 A |
| Classmark | DV: TP: F:59: D:F:5HH: 4UC: 3E |
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