Social isolation: development of an assessment tool for HACC services

This review was commissioned in 2007 by the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care (DADHC) in NSW to provide a survey of the literature on social isolation, with the intention of identifying best practice strategies and to help develop guidelines for Home and Community Care (HACC) services. The aim of the review was to promote evidence-based practice and assist in the development of indicators of social isolation for HACC services to use in identifying and addressing social isolation...