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Combatting loneliness: a guide for local authorities
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Loneliness is a significant and growing issue for many older people. Research over decades has found that acute loneliness has been consistently estimated to affect around 10-13% of the population of older people. Over the same time period, there has been a growing percentage of older people who sometimes feel lonely. Loneliness makes older people vulnerable to developing chronic health problems, depression and increases the need for social care services or residential care. This guide offers a brief summary of key research on the issue of loneliness, and some practical steps every local authority, working in partnership with other statutory bodies and their partners, can take to tackle loneliness, setting them in the context of an overall framework for action. The described framework comprises 3 tiers of actions: at the strategic level across the local authority; at the level of the community; and at the level of the individual. Suggested practical steps are illustrated by case studies drawn from around the country.
Combating loneliness: a guide for local authorities
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 32
- Place of publication:
- London
Building on the latest evidence, this guide sets out a range of actions for effectively combating loneliness, focusing on older people. Loneliness is a significant and growing issue for many older people and its impacts are devastating and costly – with comparable health impacts to smoking and obesity. The report suggests that effective action to combat loneliness is best delivered in partnership and should take place in the context of a wider strategy to promote older people’s wellbeing. Key recommendations for action include: consider ‘addressing loneliness’ as an outcome measure of council strategies; work at the neighbourhood level, to understand and build on existing community capacity and assets; recognise and respond to individual needs and circumstances by both making sure general services are geared up to meet the needs of those who are lonely, as well as providing specific interventions as required; pooling resources and intelligence across organisations and developing new partnerships may increase the benefits for those who are hard to reach or isolated. (Edited publisher abstract)
Meeting the home adaptation needs of older people: is your council actively addressing residents' need for help with home adaptations?
- Authors:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, et al
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2020
- Pagination:
- 16
- Place of publication:
- London
A guide for councillors and health and wellbeing board on the role of housing adaptations in supporting people’s independence. Jointly produced by the Local Government Association, Age UK and Care & Repair England, the guide shows how home adaptations can also reduce demand on social care and health services. It includes examples from councils who are putting in place personalised interventions that enable people to live in their homes for longer and promote positive ageing, often in partnership with the voluntary and community sector. The guide also outlines practical steps which councils can take to further improve local approaches to home adaptations. These include more efficient use of existing resources and flexibilities, and better partnership working. (Edited publisher abstract)
Reaching out: guide to helping principal and local councils tackle loneliness
- Authors:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LOCAL COUNCILS
- Publishers:
- Local Government Association, National Association of Local Councils
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 28
- Place of publication:
- London
A practical guide to help principal authorities and local councils to work together to tackle loneliness. The guide outlines the current loneliness policy context and uses a range of case studies to demonstrate effective models working in practice. It highlights four ways in which loneliness can be tackled at a local level: finding ways to reach and understand the needs of those experiencing loneliness; providing services that directly improve the number and quality of relationships that people have; providing support such as transport and technology to help sustain connections; and providing the right environment by creating the right structures and conditions locally to support those affected by, or at risk of, loneliness. Case studies include schemes to tackle loneliness and isolation in rural communities; older people's lunch clubs; supporting socially isolated adults and using tablet computers and video conferencing; and a model of Enhanced Primary Care. The guide includes useful check lists, advice on how to measure and evaluate outputs, and links to additional resources. (Edited publisher abstract)
Care and Health Improvement programme: efficiency project
- Author:
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
- Publisher:
- Local Government Association
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 24
- Place of publication:
- London
This report provides practice examples from ten councils who took part in the Care and Health Improvement Programme during 2016/17. It describes the innovative approaches they took to achieve greater efficiencies from their adult social care budgets and draws conclusions as to what other councils might learn from them. The examples cover three main areas: managing demand for social care by offering residents a different type of service; more effectively using the capacity in communities to help find new care solutions; and working closer with partners in the NHS to reduce pressures in the care and health system. They highlight the importance of councils dealing with people effectively at their first point of contact; the benefits of using strength-based approaches; that developing social enterprises can be a cost effective way of meeting demand and reducing shortage of supply; and the potential of collaboration between councils to reduce costs and demand for services. The 10 councils are: Bristol City Council, Poole Borough Council, Swindon and Wiltshire Councils; Norfolk County Council; Waltham Forest Council; Somerset Council; Newcastle City Council; Nottingham City Council; and Nottinghamshire County Council. (Edited publisher abstract)