"We're the conduit in an increasingly broken system": A qualitative exploration of how the Covid-19 pandemic impacted the provision of social prescribing for older adults in the UK.

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  • Rachel Lawrence
  • Hannah Frith
  • Sarah Hotham
  • Nicola Carey
  • Lizzie Lowrey-Crouch
  • Nicola Freeman
  • Kimberley Smith

چکیده

Social prescribing helps to address the social determinants of health via engagement with community organisations. In England, the rollout of social prescribing coincided with onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which changed service delivery. Older adults are  often the focus of social prescribing, and the pandemic had a disproportionate effect on this population due to their clinical risk, which resulted in a strict lockdown that negatively impacted their wellbeing. This study aimed to explore the UK-wide impact of the pandemic on social prescribing services for older adults (SO+).

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2023-07-24

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