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Loneliness: the public health challenge of our time. A policy briefing by the Mental Health Foundation and Age Scotland
- Authors:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION, AGE SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 11
- Place of publication:
- London
This policy briefing, which focuses on loneliness among older people, explores the connection between loneliness and mental health. It reports new data commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation and Age Scotland which shows that a quarter of Scottish adults aged 65 and older experience depression when they are lonely. The paper provides 12 key recommendations to government and society to prevent and tackle loneliness and social isolation in older adults. These recommendations include: investment in community services to reduce and prevent hospital admissions; “Welcome Home Boxes” which contain information about activities and local support groups for older people discharged from hospital; investment in community transport to keep marginalised older people connected; and developing initiatives to encourage social inclusion for ethnic minority older people, including asylum seekers and refugees. (Edited publisher abstract)
Supporting older people to stay in their communities
- Author:
- OUTSIDE THE BOX
- Publisher:
- Outside the Box
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 30
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
A report from the We’re Here Too events, which were held in Falkirk and Greenock in 2015 and brought together people who wanted to see more opportunities for all older people to be able to participate in the issues that interest them. The report sets out the policy context and outlines examples of good practice, including: building community capacity in Highland Perthshire; chain reaction in Newcastle; learning from the lives of older people in Inverclyde; and Get Together groups in East Renfrewshire. The report suggest that people from different places describe similar experiences and the impact of what they were doing: older people are making a contribution in peer support roles and as volunteers; people are getting significant benefits, including people with higher support needs - the main impacts are in more social connections and improved mental wellbeing; there are benefits for people’s physical health and wellbeing when they are more active and looking after themselves. (Edited publisher abstract)
LGBT Age Capacity Building Project: impact report
- Author:
- LGBT HEALTH AND WELLBEING
- Publisher:
- LGBT Health and Wellbeing
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This report aims to share the learning from the LGBT Age Capacity Building Project, which was set up in response to the barriers that older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people face in accessing services. It was funded by Reshaping Care for Older People’s Innovation Fund. The project supported mainstream services and organisations working with older people to better meet the needs of LGBT people, through resources, training and advice. A central aim was to make services more welcoming and inclusive, with the result that older LGBT people trust services more, and are able to access appropriate support when they need it, without fear of encountering discrimination. A key part of the ethos of the project was to include the voices and input of older LGBT people in this capacity building work, ensuring that the recommendations of the project reflect the needs of the LGBT community accurately and meaningfully. The report details how the project was run, what has been learned, and what changes the work created. (Edited publisher abstract)
Developing evidence-enriched practice in health and social care with older people: summary
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- York
An evaluation of a collaborative project aimed at developing evidence-enriched practice, using research from the JRF programme ‘A Better Life’ and related evidence. The project ran for one year in six sites, five in Wales and one in Scotland. A key success in this approach was that it established and focused on what mattered to participants (older people, carers, staff, organisations and researchers). Participants chose to implement actions that promoted relationship-centred services and greater autonomy for service users, carers and staff, using a range of evidence, including research, the voices of service users and carers, and practitioner and organisational knowledge. Evidence was used when it was presented in targeted, meaningful and accessible ways including short research summaries, stories, arts-based approaches, standard frameworks and ‘provocative statements’. Skilled facilitation in the use of evidence in service and workforce development was fundamentally important, responding to emerging ideas and contexts and weaving in relevant evidence over time. Learning and development was most successful in organisations that had a clear sense of direction, empowered their staff and involved service users and carers. (Edited publisher abstract)
The prevention and management of falls in the community: a framework for action for Scotland 2014/2015
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 30
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Drawing on published research and guidance and the practical experience of health and social care professionals, this framework identifies and describes key actions to help prevent falls in the community in Scotland. Actions are provided for each of the four stages of the care pathway: supporting health improvement and self-management to reduce risk; identifying individuals at high risk of falls; responding to and individual who has just fallen and requires immediate assistance; and coordinated management, including specialist assessment. The actions represent the minimum standard of care an older person should expect to receive in Scotland. It provides a useful road map for developing a falls pathway and encourages and integrated approach between health, social care and the idependent sector. (Original abstract)
Rural Wisdom evaluation: key findings: December 2021
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INCLUSION
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 5
- Place of publication:
- Bath
As part of the final stages of the Rural Wisdom, this briefing shares the learning from across the five years of the project to enable people living and working in other rural areas across the UK to apply and benefit from what works. Rural Wisdom is a five-year National Lottery funded project exploring the impact of community-based activities that are led by older people living in rural areas in Scotland and Wales. The aims of Rural Wisdom have evolved during the five years to reflect the changing nature of the project and the communities it was working with, but have remained focused on: reducing social isolation and loneliness; ensuring older people have a voice to lead change locally in their communities and nationally at a policy level; making sure more older people get the support they want in a way that works for them via a wider range of community-based services; influencing policy change in Scotland and Wales to ensure older people can continue to live in the rural communities they know and contribute to them. What works key messages are grouped into three areas: laying the foundations; facing forks in the road; leaving a legacy. (Edited publisher abstract)
Rural Wisdom evaluation: key findings, January 2021
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INCLUSION
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 10
- Place of publication:
- Bath
This document shares the key findings from the five original communities, at the end of Stage 1 of Rural Wisdom. Rural Wisdom is a five-year National Lottery funded project exploring the impact of community-based activities that are led by older people living in rural areas in Scotland and Wales. In this first stage Development Workers have been working closely with older people and the community to identify and address the key issues, achieve the project outcomes and create sustainable change. Key findings include: older people are more likely to be motivated to use their skills and experience to lead change if they feel the activity is one that is wanted by the community and they can see results for their time and effort; Development Workers are a vehicle for change – they are engaged with their community and so are aware of issues and needs and can facilitate contact with public services or organisations so older people can engage directly to influence provision; older people need links to people running all sorts of services to be able to voice their views and ideas; transport is vital for many older people to be able to get to health services and activities in their community; it is important that older people know where to get information on community activities and public services. Older people are contributing to rural communities in a variety of ways: through volunteering both formally and informally; by building connections with others in the community and participating socially; through having a voice and actively campaigning for change or improvements; by caring for other people; through imparting their knowledge and experiences to help improve services or passing on their skills and expertise to others in the community. (Edited publisher abstract)
Rural Wisdom evaluation: the value of connection
- Author:
- NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR INCLUSION
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 8
- Place of publication:
- Bath
This short report shares the experiences and reflections of the Volunteering Matters Cymru team leading the Rural Wisdom project in Wales on the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had upon their work. Rural Wisdom is a five-year National Lottery funded project exploring the impact of community-based activities that are led by older people living in rural areas in Scotland and Wales. In sharing these reflections, the report aims to provide others living and working in rural areas to apply and benefit from what works, in fast-paced and challenging times. For older people, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been incredibly detrimental. The issues identified, around loneliness, isolation and vulnerability, have been exacerbated by the measures to shield and isolate from family, friends and the wider community over a prolonged period of time. Building and maintaining connections with people, even remotely, has never been so important. Despite restrictions older people are still willing and able to contribute to their communities. Development Workers are working with people over the age of 70 who still volunteer but have adapted what they do based on their circumstances and restrictions, for example being a telephone befriender. Through engagement events, local community councils and steering groups, older people are still having a voice and influencing change; the difference is that they now meet online. Where groups or events have been sustained and taken on by the community the pandemic has only put a pause on their activity, although it is hard to tell how long for. However, other activities such as the school lunch club that had not been running long enough for it to be embedded or sustained, may need support to get re-started. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mnemonic techniques: how to CEASE stress and distress
- Author:
- EDGAR Fionnuala
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Dementia Care, 25(5), 2017, pp.32-34.
- Publisher:
- Hawker
There is increasing evidence of the dangers of relying on anti-psychotic medication for the treatment of behavioural difficulties in dementia. The author describes how using different methods of teaching and learning - experimental learning and simplified key concepts - has the potential to bring about practice change in a way that has not been achieved previously.
Access to outdoor recreation by older people in Scotland
- Authors:
- COLLEY Kathryn, et al
- Publisher:
- The James Hutton Institute
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 85
- Place of publication:
- Aberdeen
Scottish research study to examine the barriers preventing older people, including older people with long-term health conditions and disabilities, from accessing outdoor recreation opportunities. The research involved two stages: an investigation of the spatial distribution of older people using small-scale geographical units and semi-structured interviews with 27 older people across three case study sites of varying levels of urbanity and access to different types of green/blue natural resources. Results from the spatial distribution analysis found that remote areas and isolated small towns had higher concentrations of older people and older people with health problems or disabilities. It also identifies that the negative impacts on the well-being and resilience of local communities are also likely to be stronger in remote areas, with challenges in accessing medical and care facilities. The case study work found the barriers to participation in outdoor recreation by older people are multiple and inter-related. Key categories of barriers identified in the interviews were: poor health and (im)mobility; lack of or reduced social connections; fragility and vulnerability; lack of motivation and time commitments; safety; and weather and season. Key implications for policy and practice identified from the research include: for interventions to address the multiple and interrelated barriers preventing older people from participating in outdoor recreation, using integrated and holistic approaches involving different organisations; for ‘green prescribing’ by doctors and medical professionals to be integrated with existing initiatives (eg walking groups) which offer opportunities for overcoming social and motivational barriers; and for interventions to identify ways of providing transport access to outdoor spaces to older people. (Edited publisher abstract)