Our article, Loneliness in older people and COVID-19: Applying the social identity approach to digital intervention design, has now been published in Computers in Human Behavior Reports. This paper draws on key lessons from loneliness and social identity theory literature, and consolidates lessons learned and…
This video message from the Centre for Ageing Better echoes the same messages we have been communicating in our lived experience research, about ageism and opportunities for intergenerational community during COVID19 (and beyond!) For more from them see: https://ageing-better.org.uk/
Here is a copy of the conference talk we gave at the Loneliness beyond Covid-19 conference, which was held online on Thursday 18 November, 2021. The talk gives an overview of the work we have completed so far, including investigating the lived experience of loneliness…
This is a manual that demonstrates the current capability of our app (Circle v 1.3). Click on the link below. https://serviceproject.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Overview-of-Circle-app-v1.3-for-sharing.pdf
Over the last few months we have been prototyping and trialling the app in several stages. After some initial co-design interviews with older adults discussing the app concept and viewing app wireframes/mock-ups, the first version of the app was developed and released across platforms (iOS…
This short summary of our qualitative studies on the lived experience of COVID-19 for some older people in the UK is now available for download and can be freely distributed. If you have any comments or questions please feel free to get in touch with…
We have the following preprints of work available for download. Stuart, A., Harkin, L., Daly, R., Sanderson, L., Park, M., Stevenson, C., Katz, D., Gooch, D., Levine, M. & Price, B. Ageing in the time of COVID-19: the coronavirus pandemic exacerbates the experience of loneliness in older adults by…
By the SERVICE project team. COVID-19 has caused widespread concern about the social and emotional resilience of vulnerable people. In order to help understand the services needing the most support, and design technology to assist with coping with the pandemic, we interviewed older people about their lived…
Dear Participant, Thank you so much for your valued participation in the Circles of Support project. This was, as you know, part of a wider research project, called STRETCH, (Socio Technical Resilience for Enhancing Targeted Community Healthcare) which was funded by the Engineering and Physical…