[Report] "94 Voices" Insights on Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness with Older Adults

In 2024, the Canadian Coalition for Seniors’ Mental Health (CCSMH) released the first Canadian Clinical Guidelines on Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults, setting out evidence-based recommendations for prevention, assessment and intervention (CCSMH, 2024). This companion report brings those recommendations to life, showing how Health Care and Social Service Professionals (HCSSPs) across Canada are already putting them into practice in everyday care.

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This report highlights practice ideas and insights from #TheRippleEffect, a National Spotlight Campaign for Social Isolation and Loneliness in Older Adults dedicated to empowering HCSSPs to recognize and address social isolation and loneliness. Each voice and every action shared here creates a ripple of change.

To see more stories and access clinical tools and resources visit: https://ccsmh.ca/ripple-effect/