NYAM/JAHF Convening Report: Shaping a Social Isolation Strategy for Older Adults - Key Takeaways From a Multidisciplinary Convening
The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) has issued a convening report, Shaping a Social Isolation Strategy for Older Adults: Key Takeaways From a Multidisciplinary Convening.
The Center for Healthy Aging at NYAM, in collaboration with The John A. Hartford Foundation, hosted a convening on January 10, 2024, to discuss collaborative action that can improve the care of older adults by addressing social isolation and loneliness. Over 70 stakeholders participated, both in person and virtually, representing various sectors including aging services, academia and research, business and technology, healthcare, philanthropy and government agencies.
The goal of the convening was to review the existing evidence to determine what actions a foundation can reasonably take to alleviate social isolation and loneliness in older adults. This critical public health issue was brought to the fore by the 2020 NASEM Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults Consensus Study Report and the 2023 U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on the Healing Effects of Social Connection and Community.
The convening report includes promising models for intervention for researchers, service providers, and policymakers in the following care settings: community, primary care, long-term care, and acute care. It highlights key lecture takeaways, scalable tools and programs, approaches to accelerating successful interventions and opportunities for implementation.
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Access the January 10, 2024 convening presentations.
Go to the January 10, 2024 convening participant biographies.