Pathways To Happiness for Social Support - how government can address loneliness
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Pathways To Happiness for Social Support - how government can address loneliness is part of a set of tools for communities that are working for a happier, healthier, more resilient and sustainable future. It is part of a series found at http://www.happycounts.org/happy-community-toolkit.html
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Pathways To Happiness for Social Support - how government can address loneliness
- 1. Pathways to Happiness Policies to address loneliness
- 2. Pathways to Happiness are ways to address loneliness
- 3. Social Support scores are strong but have edged down over time. 100= happiest
- 4. Let’s look at one aspect of social support: feeling lonely
- 5. Overall, we sometimes feel lonely and we are getting lonelier a score below 40 means we often feel lonely , 80 or above means we rarely feel lonely
- 7. Awareness Raising Campaign Encourage recognition & response Measure social connection Provide age-friendly public transportation that loneliness is an epidemic condition Local government take action to:
- 8. Loneliness Research Hub: http://pps.sagepub.com/content/10/2.toc#SpecialSectiononLoneliness Resources for loneliness awareness campaign Campaign to end loneliness: http://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/
- 9. Age-Friendly Cities 1. Transportation 2. Housing 3. Social Participation 4. Respect and Social Inclusion 5. Civic Participation and Employment 6. Communication and Information 7. Community Support and Health Services 8. Outdoor Spaces and Buildings. Cities to adopt an age-friendly checklist and provide incentives (like LEED) source for checklist http://www.who.int/ageing/publications/Global_age_friendly_cities_Guide_English.pdf?ua=1
- 10. Resources for Age Friendly Cities White paper on later life isolation: http://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/aarp_foundation/2012_PDFs/AARP-Foundation-Isolation- Framework-Report.pdf Whitepaper on later life loneliness: http://www.campaigntoendloneliness.org/wp-content/uploads/Promising-approaches-to-reducing- loneliness-and-isolation-in-later-life.pdf More resources for age friendly cites: http://www.who.int/ageing/age_friendly_cities_material/en/
- 11. What’s it going to take?
- 12. Acceptance of all people Everybody matters. Treat all people with dignity and respect.
- 13. NO more NIMBY Nationality Intergenerational Neighborhood Diversity & Inclusion throughout cities, towns… Rich - Poor - Socio-Economics Language Sexuality
- 14. Other policies in the Pathways to Happiness tool series Campaign finance reform Guaranteed basic income Media reform Massive public transportation Local food reliance Village living (cities and rural) Multi-use zoning Public spaces Political festivals Participatory governance Participatory budgeting Anti-corruption policies Transparency in government Compassion training for police Community-based monitoring Sousveillance Vote holiday Vacation laws Family leave laws Sick leave laws Flex time and job share laws Telecommuting policies Babies at work policies Intergenerational care Department of neighborhoods Volunteer programs Mindfulness practice in schools Social justice awareness raising Mental health –priority counseling Same Sex Marriage Laws Public child care
- 15. We envision a world where all beings can thrive. Can you envision it too? happycounts.org