Progress

 

As of 2019, The Los Angeles Social Isolation Impact Coalition through sharing best practices, trainings and summits, has inspired and supported multiple LA-based organizations that have made social isolation and loneliness a priority.

  • The Los Angeles Health Geriatrics Work Agency –serving 40,000 older adults is integrating a SDOH screener with validated questions on social isolation and loneliness and training doctors on how to ask questions about patients social networks. Additionally, they have expanded resources and created one Degree to serve their community https://www.1degree.org/collections/5293-lac-geriatrics-community-resource-guide-los-angeles-ca-usa/in-home-support-resources

  • LA’S LGBTQ Center, Meals on Wheels, LA Works, and Project Angel Food have instituted friendly caller programs.

  • Jewish Family Services, LA Works and USC’s Caregiver Resource Center are piloting social call programs

  • Beach Cities started a program to train police on social isolation issues and resources for homeless individuals.

  • Partners In Care has added the UCLA 3 question survey to their intakes.

  • Fielding Graduate University is working to provide access to economical graduate education to older adults.

  • The Actors Fund and Bet Tzedek legal services provided staff training on indicators and risks and is developing more comprehensive resources to connect older adults to services

  • Alzheimer’s LA is committed to learning more about social isolation a loneliness and is including it into programming for caregivers and attended a training session on how to start a social call program

  • Motion Picture & Television Fund (>>> ADD TEXT HERE <<<)

  • Valley Interfaith Council (with the assistance of MPTF) has trained senior staff at all four locations to turn check in calls to social calls as well.