Who does it affect All ages Men and women People living alone People with physical and mental health conditions People with dementia Bereaved Carers How does it affect them Physical health ID: 579234
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Loneliness and Social Isolation in GloucestershireSlide2
Who does it affect?
All ages
Men and
women
People living alone
People with physical and mental health conditions
People with dementia
Bereaved
CarersSlide3Slide4
How does it affect them?
Physical
health
Mental health
Wellbeing
Participation in the communitySlide5
What are the wider costs?
Limited
evidence base and difficult to measure
Health costs
GP and A&E attendance
Contribution to the community
Carer burnoutSlide6
Key Risk Factors
Being
over 80 – there is a steep rise amongst the oldest old
Low income – there is a direct correlation between low income and loneliness and isolation in older age
Poor physical/mental health
Living alone
In isolated rural or deprived urban communities
Being single/divorced/never married
Living in care - around 400,000 people live in residential care and while not socially isolated and in regular contact with a range of people, loneliness can be a serious issue for many
Transitions in older age – e.g. retirement, bereavement, sensory impairment, declining physical health, forced cessation of drivingSlide7
Acorn map
Gloucestershire County Council model of social isolationSlide8
Age UK model of lonelinessSlide9
Strong Communities
Community Connectors
Social Prescribing
Voluntary sector
Housing – more than bricks and mortar
Reducing dependency culture and paternalism – positive risk takingSlide10
Community Connectors
Arts & Culture
Environment & horticulture
Physical activity & lifestyle
Welfare, benefits & employment
Social Groups &
support
Place-based in local communities
Using a person-led approach to connect people to their community
Understanding the person: Their strengths and their needs
Using local knowledge about what exists and identifying gaps
‘
I went in to get a letter about me not driving anymore and wanting
to
. The GP said to me I have got a man who can help you with that and everything else and since then he has helped me with so many things I don’t know what I would have done. I have my driving licence sorted, I have got help with caring for my husband and I now have a new circle of friends’ (A social prescribing patient
) Slide11
However…..