Fear of social isolation: results of a survey of older adults in Gloucestershire.
Fear of social isolation: results of a survey of older adults in Gloucestershire.
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对社会孤立的恐惧：格洛斯特郡老年人的调查结果。
作者：
S. Lillyman;L. Land
去年，伯明翰城市大学（前英格兰中部大学）和格洛斯特郡老年关注组织对居住在格洛斯特郡的老年人进行了一项生活方式调查。参与者被要求确定他们退休后的三个主要关注领域，虽然对健康的担忧排在首位，但11%的参与者表示担心社会孤立，因为缺乏流动性，失去伴侣和邮局等社区设施关闭等事件。公众参与和包容计划，如交友，可能会提供一些解决这个问题的办法，但医疗保健专业人员需要意识到这些问题，并努力实现以社区为重点的解决方案，以避免对卫生和社会保健资源的更大需求。
A lifestyle survey of older adults living in Gloucestershire was carried out by Birmingham City University (formerly The University of Central England) and Age Concern Gloucestershire last year. Participants were asked to identify three main areas of concern for their retirement and while fears about health topped the list, fear of social isolation was cited by 11 per cent of participants, forced through events such as lack of mobility, loss of their partner and closure of community facilities such as post offices. Public involvement and inclusion schemes, such as befriending, may provide some solutions to this problem, but healthcare professionals need to be aware of these issues and to work towards community-focused solutions to avoid greater demands on health and social care resources.