Targeting Isolation provides practical research-based information that can be used to help understand and address social isolation and loneliness among older adults.
By TARGETING ISOLATION
we can make a difference in people's lives...
social isolation refers to having little to no social contacts and participating in few social activities.
social connection is important for our health and well-being.
Targeting isolation is about:
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Helping people better understand the importance of social connection to health and wellbeing
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Providing Training and Resources to Community Connectors (including healthcare or social service providers via Social Prescribing) who can connect socially isolated older individuals to community resources
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Showcasing and working with organizations that help enhance older people’s social connection
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on-line training
Are you a healthcare worker or community volunteer in Manitoba?
Do you want to know more about how you can help connect older adults to community supports?
Complete our free e-module (self-paced on-line training activity) to learn more about:
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How to talk about loneliness and social isolation
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How to recognize the signs and risk factors
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How to refer older adults to community resources in Manitoba.
Participants receive a training certificate upon completion. The healthcare provider training has been accredited for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians through the Canadian Council on Continuing Education in Pharmacy (2.0 CEUs).
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We would like to express gratitude for the land that we work and live on in Manitoba, Canada. We respectfully acknowledge that our work across Manitoba is carried out on the Treaty Territories and ancestral lands, including of the Anishinaabeg (Ojibwe), Anishininewuk (Oji-Cree), Dakota Oyate, Denesuline (Dene), Ininew (Cree), Inuit, Nehethowuk (Swampy Cree), and the Homeland of the Red River Métis.
In expressing our land acknowledgment, we commit to continuing to learn about Indigenous history and teachings and then to act, as best we can, from this learning.