Health and wellbeing needs: Older people
Felt Need and Expressed Need - What people say they want and request of services
- A large percentage of older people living in South Tyneside are considered to be at risk of loneliness and social isolation. Befriending and enabling support is currently provided by Age UK South Tyneside, St Clare's Hospice, Happy at Home and the Carers Association. There is a significant demand for befriending services to support older people.
- Age UK South Tyneside's Get Going Together project has identified a need to expand the number of physical/social activities and enabling support to older people. Statistics from Public Health evidence need to increase physical activity amongst adults in South Tyneside and encourage people to self-care. NICE Guidelines recommend that older people with multiple long-term conditions will benefit from physical activity and being involved in the wider community. Get Going Together provides The Interim Independent Evaluation Report for the Get Going Together project states early findings indicate that the project is improving the physical health of older people - mobility in particular with survey respondents scores from SF-36 suggesting the involvement of GGT has reduced their experience of pain and energy / fatigue and increased emotional wellbeing.
