Enhancing community connections for older people (S2)
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Session that highlights key principles for health and social care practice that have been shown to enhance older people’s independence and social connectedness. People with more social connections are likely to experience better health and wellbeing and to remain independent for longer. A key aspect of prevention for older people is, therefore, enhancing community connections. Contributed by: IRISS and Irene Weeden, Development Officer for Moray Council.
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- 1. Enhancing community connections for older people 18/03/2014 www.iriss.org.uk Vivien.moffat@iriss.org.uk
- 4. 4 10% of over 65s are lonely Victor C (2011) Loneliness in old age: the UK perspective. Safeguarding the convoy: a call to action from the Campaign to End Loneliness, Oxfordshire:Age UK
- 5. 5 50% of over 80s are lonely Age UK (2010) Loneliness and isolation evidence review, London: Age UK
- 7. 7 15 Cigarettes a day? 15 Cigarettes a day?
- 8. 8 Prevention
- 9. 9 Who?
- 10. Shaping the Future Choreography of Care of Older People everyon e
- 12. www.iriss.org.uk Plan P: New approaches to prevention of loneliness and social isolation for older people
- 13. Find out more • Iriss Insight - http://www.iriss.org.uk/resources/preventing-loneliness- • Plan P blog: http://blogs.iriss.org.uk/planp/ • IRISS FM episode - What does prevention mean in an ageing population: http://irissfm.iriss.org.uk/episode/068 www.iriss.org.uk
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- I am VM etc Joined by Irene Weeden etc This session is about enhancing community connections for older people I am going to start by telling you about some of the work we’ve been doing at IRISS around preventing social isolation and loneliness in older people And then I’ll hand over to Irene who will describe some of her work with older people in Moray Then we will have the opportunity for some discussion, for you to share your own experience. We hope that we will all be able to learn from each other and leave this session with some new ideas. So, enhancing community connections why do we want to do this – one of the reasons to to address…
- What are the issues around loneliness and social isolation for older people This is a common problem There are lots of reasons why…
- Older people may be widowed after many years of partnership, may lose sight or hearing or physical ability to get out in the community, may become a carer and not be able to leave the cared for person, may find themselves moved to a care home away from their own community, may lose confidence, may develop dementia, for BME groups may begin to lose english language
- There are strong links with poorer physical and mental health and well being for people who are lonely and isolated. Associated with high blood pressure, heart disease, stress, poor sleep, depression – increased mortality This may be linked to increased levels of alcohol or tobacco use, poor eating habits, lack of exercise Although infact loneliness and social isolation has a greater effect on mortality than any of these behaviours
- Or image of a cigarette or of people smoking The detrimental effects of loneliness and social isolation have been compared with the smoking 15 cigarettes a day. As well as being not what we want for our society, our own families or for ourselves, it also represents a cost in terms of increased health care needs and admission to hospital or residential care. So what are going to do about it?
- What does prevention mean on this context? The traditional approach has been to wait until things go horribly wrong and then call in services and support try and put it right Prevention in this context means looking at building resilience so that people are less likely to become lonely and isolated in the first place
- Who needs to be involved –not just services any more - the community and older people themselves are a significant part of the solution – asset based approach People must work together – co-production
- Raising awareness – building strong and resilient and connected communities Universal prevention Our review of evidence suggests that flexible support based within the community and involving older people, particularly in group activities is most effective Which brings us back to enhancing community connections
- Iriss project in partnership running over 2.5 years Aims to improve understanding about what prevention means Try out new ideas Build on evidence Involve everyone Make a difference