Social Isolation and Loneliness – Clinical Guidelines
For Health Care Professionals
Find clinical tools and resources to support your patients or clients.
For Older Adults & Care Partners
Find resources and tools to support mental health and well-being for yourself and loved ones.
Tools & Resources
Explore our tools and resources for understanding and addressing social isolation and loneliness.
Discover the very first Canadian guidelines on social isolation and loneliness!
These guidelines were developed for health care and social service professionals. The purpose of these guidelines is to empower and support clinicians in their work with older adults who may be at risk of or already experiencing the health impacts of social isolation and loneliness. These guidelines will help providers recognize, assess and treat isolation and loneliness among older adults. Our literature review indicates that these clinical guidelines are also the first of their kind to be developed internationally.
Guidelines and Related Documents
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SIL Guidelines
We developed the first Canadian clinical guidelines to support health and social service providers to assess and address social isolation and loneliness among older adults. Read our guidelines and supporting resources to learn more about the risk, impact and possible interventions to address social isolation among older adults.
SIL Guidelines – Key Takeaways
Looking for a quick summary about key information presented in the clinical guidelines for social isolation and loneliness? Print this info sheet for your office and share it with your colleagues.
SIL Article – blog post
Read the Op-Ed written by Dr. David Conn, CCSMH Co-chair and Claire Checkland, CCSMH Executive Director.
