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Enhancing community-oriented care: Implementation of social prescribing within a family health team.

Abban Yusuf^1,2, Orit Adose¹, Sandesh Basnet¹

¹St. Michael's Hospital Academic Family Health Team, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Healthcare Management Forum

|August 28, 2024

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Summary

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A new social prescribing program, SEED, was developed to combat loneliness and social isolation in older adults. This initiative aims to improve health outcomes and enhance community well-being through comprehensive primary care.

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Area of Science:

Gerontology
Primary Care
Public Health

Background:

Comprehensive primary care is vital but often insufficient to meet community health needs.
Social isolation and loneliness are significant risk factors for poor health outcomes, particularly in older adults.
Prevalence of social isolation and loneliness is increasing among the elderly population.

Purpose of the Study:

To report the development of the SEED (Seniors, Equity, Engagement, and Dignity) social prescribing program.
To address social isolation and loneliness among older adults within a primary care setting.
To explore opportunities, challenges, and preliminary outcomes of the SEED program's first year.

Main Methods:

Development and implementation of a social prescribing program within an academic family health team.

Targeting socially isolated and lonely older adults for program enrollment.

Interdisciplinary team approach to delivering supportive interventions.

Main Results:

Preliminary results from the first year of the SEED program are presented.
The program aims to reduce loneliness and social isolation in older adults.
The initiative seeks to increase capacity within the family health team to support diverse older adults.

Conclusions:

Social prescribing offers a novel approach to support vulnerable older adults.
The SEED program demonstrates potential for improving the lives of isolated seniors.
Addressing social determinants of health is crucial for comprehensive primary care.