‘Milk for Africa’ and ‘the neighbourhood’ but socially isolated

2007 ◽  
pp. 110-125
Keyword(s):  
Socially Isolated

Sound Connections

ASHA Leader ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 52-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara E. Weinstein
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Socially Isolated

When older, socially isolated adults grow depressed, more medication is not always the answer. Sometimes, hearing aids can help.

The Cognitive Functioning of Socially Isolated Individuals may Profit from High Mental Work Demands

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (08/09) ◽  
Author(s):  
F Then ◽  
ML Schroeter ◽  
V Witte ◽  
C Engel ◽  
M Löffler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Work Demands ◽  
Mental Work ◽  
Socially Isolated

Addressing COVID-19 Worry and Social Isolation in Home-Based Primary Care

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel Elizabeth Weiskittle ◽  
Michelle Mlinac ◽  
LICSW Nicole Downing
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Older Adults ◽  
Primary Care ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Isolation ◽  
Mental Health Providers ◽  
Health Providers ◽  
Home Based Primary Care ◽  
Home Based ◽  
Socially Isolated

Social distancing measures following the outbreak of COVID-19 have led to a rapid shift to virtual and telephone care. Social workers and mental health providers in VA home-based primary care (HBPC) teams face challenges providing psychosocial support to their homebound, medically complex, socially isolated patient population who are high risk for poor health outcomes related to COVID-19. We developed and disseminated an 8-week telephone or virtual group intervention for front-line HBPC social workers and mental health providers to use with socially isolated, medically complex older adults. The intervention draws on skills from evidence-based psychotherapies for older adults including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, and Problem-Solving Therapy. The manual was disseminated to VA HBPC clinicians and geriatrics providers across the United States in March 2020 for expeditious implementation. Eighteen HBPC teams and three VA Primary Care teams reported immediate delivery of a local virtual or telephone group using the manual. In this paper we describe the manual’s development and clinical recommendations for its application across geriatric care settings. Future evaluation will identify ways to meet longer-term social isolation and evolving mental health needs for this patient population as the pandemic continues.

Transcending Time and Space with Digital Emotional Support

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tyler Colasante ◽  
Lauren Lin ◽  
Kalee DeFrance ◽  
Tom Hollenstein
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Support ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Good News ◽  
Social Avoidance ◽  
Time And Space ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Digital Devices ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Socially Isolated

In the current digital age, emotional support is increasingly received through digital devices. However, virtually all studies assessing the benefits of emotional support have focused on in-person support. Using an experience sampling methodology, we assessed participants’ negative emotions, digital and in-person support for those emotions, and success in regulating them three times per day for 14 days, thus covering a wide range of digital support scenarios (N = 164 participants with 6,530 collective measurement occasions). We also considered whether participants were alone versus with others at the time of their negative emotion and higher versus lower in social avoidance as plausible moderators of when digital support was utilized and effective. We expected more pronounced use and efficacy of digital support when participants were alone and higher in trait social avoidance. However, digital support was used and perceived as effective for regulating negative emotions regardless of these factors and its beneficial effects were on par with those of traditional in-person support. The unique benefits of digital support may not be restricted to socially isolated or socially avoidant users. These findings are timely given the widespread anxiety and isolation under the current COVID-19 pandemic. If transcending time and space with digital emotional support is the new norm, the good news is that it seems to be working.

Life History of the Socially Isolated Male Elderly Living Alone

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-345
Author(s):  
Seung Ja Lim
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Living Alone ◽  
History Of ◽  
Socially Isolated ◽  
Elderly Living

Life Perspective and Social Health in Acid Burn Victims (Preprint)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Unsa Athar ◽  
Saad-Ur Rahman ◽  
Hafeez Ur Rehman ◽  
Waqar Ahmed ◽  
Shaarif Kaleem
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Social Health ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Young Sister ◽  
Burn Victims ◽  
Negative Change ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Socially Isolated

UNSTRUCTURED ABSTRACT: Life perspective, behavior, feelings and social health changes in a victim of acid burn attack. Objective: To determine the changes and life perspective and social health in acid burn victims. Study Design: Case report study Study Duration and Place: The study was conducted in 6-month duration in the department of Plastic Surgery, Mayo Hospital, Lahore. Methodology: This is a case study of unmarried woman and her young sister, who suffered acid burn violence. Two sessions were held. First was to develop the rapport while the second was an in depth interview. Data were collected using a question guide, and was analyzed using Grounded theory. Results: The patient suffered from structural and functional loss after the incident and also suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. She feels socially stigmatized and isolated. Her life perspective has changed. She received informal social support but required formal social rehabilitation. Lack of legislation has made her feel hopeless because she has not received justice. Conclusion: Our patient is a 20 years old woman, who suffered from an acid throwing attack from a neighbor. Her young sister who was sleeping beside suffered too. The incident has led to a negative change in her behavior, feelings, and life perspective. She is socially isolated. She has had informal support but she needs better formal support. The need of the hour is improvement of public sector rehabilitation for acid burn victims and proper legislation. Keywords: Acid burn victims. Life perspective, social health

scholarly journals Successful Transitions to Remote Assessments and Technology Installations due to COVID-19: The I-CONECT Project

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 958-958
Author(s):  
Khoa Nguyen ◽  
Mattie McDonald ◽  
Colton Scavone ◽  
Nora Mattek ◽  
Jeffrey Kaye ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Controlled Clinical Trial ◽  
Cognitive Assessments ◽  
Video Chat ◽  
Remote Assessment ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Support Team ◽  
Socially Isolated ◽  
The Impact

Abstract I-CONECT is a randomized controlled clinical trial to examine the impact of social interaction delivered via video-chat on cognitive function (clinicaltrials.gov number: NCT02871921, project website: www.I-CONECT.org ). We aimed to enroll 320 community-dwelling socially isolated older adults (age >=75 years). The recruitment of participants has started in 2018 and was ongoing when COVID-19 pandemic began. Video chat and telephone-based social interaction interventions did not change during COVID-19. However, new recruitment and cognitive assessments, which require in-person contact and deployment and retrieval of video chat devices in participant homes, were suspended due to the nature of our study population (i.e., older age, higher likelihood of comorbidities). Recently we were able to successfully switch to complete remote assessments including 1) telephone-based cognitive assessments using T-COG (Telephone Cognitive Assessment battery), and 2) contactless delivery of our study devices (Chrome books and electronic pill boxes) for subject self-installation. Our creative approach to self-installations includes color coded pictures and an easy-to-follow installation manual, accompanied by remote instruction and support via telephone. This poster introduces our remote assessment and installation protocol and participant and technical support team feedback regarding this new contactless protocol. This presentation provides useful guidance for future studies considering completely remote assessment and telemedicine approaches.

scholarly journals Being useful among persons aged over 65: social representations from a cross-sectional European study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul de Boissieu ◽  
Serge Guerin ◽  
Véronique Suissa ◽  
Fiona Ecarnot ◽  
Aude Letty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Representations ◽  
Oldest Old ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Well Being ◽  
European Countries ◽  
City Size ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Socially Isolated ◽  
Quota Sampling

Abstract Background There is a compelling need to prepare our societies and healthcare systems to deal with the oncoming wave of population ageing. The majority of older persons maintain a desire to be valued and useful members of society and of their social networks. Aims We sought to investigate the perception of usefulness among persons aged 65 years and over in four European countries. Methods We performed a cross-sectional survey with a representative sample of individuals aged 65 years or older from the population of retired persons (including recently retired persons and oldest-old individuals) from 4 European countries selected using quota sampling. In February 2016, an internet questionnaire was sent to all selected individuals. The characteristics used for the quota sampling method were sex, age, socio-professional category, region, city size, number of persons in household, autonomy, marital status, place of residence, income and educational status. The questionnaire contained 57 questions. Sociodemographic characteristics were recorded. Responses were analysed with principal components analysis (PCA). Results A total of 4025 persons participated; 51% were males, and 70% were aged 65–75 years. PCA identified six classes of individuals, of which two classes (Classes 2 and 3) were characterized by more socially isolated individuals with little or no sense of usefulness, low self-esteem and a poor sense of well-being. These two classes accounted for almost 20% of the population. Younger and more autonomous classes reported a more salient sense of usefulness. Conclusions The loss of the sense of usefulness is associated with dissatisfaction with life and a loss of pleasure, and persons with profiles corresponding to Classes 2 and 3 should, therefore, be targeted for interventions aimed at restoring social links.

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