Jennifer Francis, Research Analyst at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), discusses evidence from research and practice, which shows that services to support friendships are successful in reducing loneliness and improving health and quality of life. A recent study carried out by DEMOS for WRVS found that UK older people are the loneliest among…
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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Dementia Awareness Week: It’s not catching, you know
Hamish Hayes, from Think Dementia Community Care, writes about his experiences of loneliness and dementia for Dementia Awareness Week. Can you imagine a period in your life where you have conversed with an ex-government agent, a World War Two ordinance scientist, a nationally recognised pianist, an international award winning photographer or indeed a global policy…
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Tell us how you walked the earth…
One of our newest supporters in London Walk the Earth has just launched their intergenerational project where carers and volunteers of all ages learn how to be story-capturers to capture older people’s perspectives on life, at the end of their life using conversations captured on audio. Volunteers are currently starting to visit care homes and…
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Loneliness Harms Health campaigns: Commencement and Cornwall
Welcome to the first Loneliness Harms Health project blog! Loneliness Harms Health is our name for a series of 6 (local) pilot campaigns that will try to change policy on loneliness at county level. This is one of our main projects for the next 18 months. As the project’s new Campaigns Officer, I will be…
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