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A Community Outreach Program for Socially Isolated Older Persons

1979; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 1; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1300/j083v01n03_04

1540-4048

Ronald W. Toseland, James T. Decker, Jim Bliesner,

Interprofessional Education and Collaboration

A pilot outreach program was designed to reduce social isolation and meet the social service needs of elderly living in the community. In order to meet the social service needs of 72 socially isolated older persons, peer counselors used a problem solving casework approach focused on enhancing self-help skills. Community development efforts and networking techniques were implemented to encourage participants to expand their social interaction networks and develop peer support systems. An evaluation of the pilot program suggests that it was successful in decreasing social isolation and in meeting the social service of those who were served.