Social Isolation Detection Checklist

Authors

Sheridan Centre for Elder Research

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Document Type

Report

Description

The Social Isolation Detection Checklist is a preliminary screening tool that can help you determine if an older adult might be at risk of social isolation. This tool can be completed one on one with an older adult. Alternatively, if you have been working with an older adult for an extended period of time and are familiar with their case history you can use your insider knowledge, intake records and case notes to complete this tool and determine risk. A list of recommendations (referrals) that correspond directly with the various categories in the Detection Tool is also included.

This resource is included in the Social Isolation and Loneliness Toolkit, created by the Centre for Elder Research in Oakville ON, Canada. The Toolkit is part of a research project titled “Building Connected Communities: improving Community Supports to Reduce Loneliness and Social Isolation in Immigrants 65+”. The research focused on exploring strategies to effectively reach out to, and support, older immigrants who may be experiencing, or are at risk of experiencing, social isolation and/or loneliness.

Publication Date

2019

Keywords

social isolation, loneliness, detection, checklist, toolkit, resource, older adult, immigrant, connected communities, immigration, settlement, community development, Canada, Ontario, Halton, Peel

Disciplines

Community-Based Research | Gerontology | Health Services Research | Social Work

Funder

This research was supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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©Sheridan Centre for Elder Research

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

SOURCE Citation

Sheridan Centre for Elder Research, "Social Isolation Detection Checklist" (2019). Social Isolation Detection Checklist. 1.
https://source.sheridancollege.ca/centres_elder_building_connected_communities_tools_checklist/1