Resources

The Seniors Connected Phone Support Service is funded by the Federal Department of Social Services. All Australian seniors are welcome to call FriendLine for a friendly chat or more connection.

Aged Care Guide describes the creative strategies adopted by aged care organisations and providers to reduce loneliness for people in aged care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This document discusses the challenges and impacts of the social isolation directive for older people during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

This webpage provides a brief information about Council on the Ageing (COTA visitors), invitations to become COTA visitor volunteer, and requests for COTA visitors.

This webpage describes the Red Cross Community Visitors Scheme and provides information about signing up to the program.

This website provides comprehensive information about the Community Visitors Scheme, which arranges volunteer visits to older people to provide friendship and companionship. Visits are available to anyone receiving government-subsidised residential aged care or Home Care Packages.

This webpage from the Selmar Institute of Education discusses loneliness in relation to lack of social connection, its impact and some strategies to address it.

One in 4 older people aged 65 and over lives alone. This can affect health and wellbeing. This chapter of Australia's welfare from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare discusses two of the key issues facing older Australians: ageing and dementia.

This 2020 background paper presents a comprehensive discussion about social isolation and loneliness across population groups and also specifically among the older Australian population.

The webpage from Focused Health Care presents some background information about social isolation and loneliness and provides strategies to prevent and address loneliness.