Good morning my name is Lisa, I’m here to talk about “Isolation within the elderly community”.
Senior Isolation is a massive issue that has a direct impact on their quality of life, health and well-being that can adversely affect their mental, physical and emotional health.
Effects from isolation can include: cardiovascular disease, increased mortality rates, elevated blood pressure, depression, increased risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and suicide.
2 out of every ten older citizens describe themselves as socially isolated and lonely.
We as human beings tend to forget that we are a member of a social species.
So why are some of our ageing population isolating themselves in our community?
People may lose family infrastructure
Senior Isolation is a massive issue that has a direct impact on their quality of life, health and well-being that can adversely affect their mental, physical and emotional health.
Effects from isolation can include: cardiovascular disease, increased mortality rates, elevated blood pressure, depression, increased risk for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and suicide.
2 out of every ten older citizens describe themselves as socially isolated and lonely.
We as human beings tend to forget that we are a member of a social species.
So why are some of our ageing population isolating themselves in our community?
People may lose family infrastructure