Great day on Saturday at EdinburghApps, with work underway to develop an app to help those impacted upon by transitions in life,

1. EdinburghApps 2016: The Health & Wellbeing Challenge
“Ch,ch,ch,ch,changes: Turn and face the strange”
–
David Bowie “Changes”
Enabling people to better connect and cope during
key transitions in their lives.

2. As bad for your health as
smoking 15 cigarettes per
day.
The impact of our Health & Social Care
Challenge Theme:
It increases the risk of developing mental health
problems.
Can more than double a
person’s risk of developing
dementia
Increases the risk of
suicide and depression
among adolescents

3. So, what can cause
this?
And when can it be
most prevalent?
Loneliness
During Transitions in Peoples Lives

4. The Three Key Transitions
we have focussed on are:

5. 1.Transitioning from school to a
“positive destination” (e.g. to
employment, further education etc).

6. 2. Transitioning from an
institution back into the
community – e.g. from prison
….

7. …….or from the Military

8. 3. Transitioning from being part of a
“couple” to living alone, e.g.
through divorce, separation or the
death of a partner

9. What does the data from a recent UK study tell us?
68% of adults say they feel lonely either often, always or sometimes
This is most acute among 18 to 34-year-olds, with 83% of this
age group experiencing loneliness
More than a third (38%) of respondents now have less interaction
with people they know than they did five years ago
16% only interact socially with others once a week or less

10. What challenges do we need your ideas to help overcome?
Help create new
“physical”
social networks
Help people to feel
at home in new
accommodation
settings.
Help people to deal positively with feelings of loss & separation

11. What are
the “Trig”
points we
need to
create and
connect?
Identify
people at
risk of
becoming
lonely.
Help sign post
a varied range
of activities of
interest to a
mix of people.
Create ways
of connecting
people who
are lonely with
each other
and with
people who
want to help

12. Some previous ideas to consider:
Develop good
neighbour campaigns
such as “Stair-ember”
and “Bungalow-oney”
– that encourage
people to engage with
neighbours they do not
know
Link with care
housing providers
to allow non-
residents to drop
in and take part in
group activities
Signposting local activities on bus stops /
lamp posts.
Educating young people to enable them
to avoid becoming lonely in the future
Mapping out activities
that people can engage
in.

13. If you
have
survived
death by
power-
point
from a
dull
chap?
Hopefully
time left for a
more
interesting
TedTalk
presentation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0hxl03JoA0