Tackling social isolation and loneliness: consultation analysis

Footnotes

1. Thomas, M, (2015) "New Perspectives on Loneliness: Developing Theory, Methodology and Evidence for Practice", Seminar Series, Campaign to End Loneliness

2. Steptoe, A. et al, (2013) "Social Isolation, Loneliness and All-cause Mortality in Older Men and Women", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110, 5797-5801

3. Holwerda, J. et al, (2012) "Feelings of Loneliness, but not social isolation predict dementia onset: results from the Amsterdam Study of the Elderly, Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 85, 135-142

4. Hawley, L.C and Cacioppo J.T, (2010) "Loneliness Matters: A Theoretical and Empirical Review of Consequences and Mechanisms", Annals of Behavioural Medicine, 40, 218-27

5. http://www.healthscotland.scot/media/1712/social-isolation-and-loneliness-in-scotland-a-review-of-prevalence-and-trends.pdf

6. http://www.gov.scot/Resource/0053/00530204.pdf

7. https://www.redcross.org.uk/-/media/documents/about-us/research-publications/health-social-care-and-support/co-op-trapped-in-a-bubble-report.pdf?la=en&hash=32EDC253C12C3466CD39267417507E467A44CA2F&hash=32EDC253C12C3466CD39267417507E467A44CA2F

8. Equal Opportunities Committee. Age and Social Isolation. Scottish Parliament, 2015.
URL: http://www.parliament.scot/S4_EqualOpportunitiesCommittee/Reports/FINAL_Report.pdf
(Last Accessed: 18/05/18)

9. /publications/connected-scotland-tackling-social-isolation-loneliness-building-stronger-communities/pages/2/

10. A Connected Scotland Tackling social isolation and loneliness and building stronger social connections (p 24)
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11. It is worth noting that these features reinforce what we learned on the British Red Cross Study, about the building blocks from which to construct successful services and support.

12. The Equality and Human Rights Commission, which is Great Britain's national equality body, is responsible for promoting and protecting equality in Scotland.

13. https://astriid.force.com/s/

14. http://www.se-code.net/

15. https://www.seemescotland.org/

16. https://senscot.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Social-Prescribing-Briefing-Final.pdf

17. https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/dundee-people-this-dundee-cafe-doesnt-have-prices-and-instead-of-staff-it-has-volunteers-so-how-does-it-work/

18. https://www.anguscyclehub.co.uk/pages/aboutus/

19. http://www.dundeecommunitycars.org/

20. Co-housing refers to intentional communities run by residents, with self-contained private homes centred around a community space (https://cohousing.org.uk/)

21. https://www.ippr.org/research/publications/the-generation-strain-collective-solutions-to-care-in-an-ageing-society

22. http://www.cassiltoun.org.uk/

23. http://www.kinross.cc/daycentre/

24. Some expressed concern that this consultation was completed online and thus is missing out on the ways isolation and loneliness affects those who are not digitally connected.

25. This has been done already in Bo'ness, Scotland: https://www.bield.co.uk/news/tenants-become-computer-wizards-thanks-local-pupils

26. https://www.voluntaryarts.org/forms/putting-the-social-into-social-media

27. https://news.gov.scot/news/improving-digital-skills