In 2022, CISP teamed with service design consultancy firm Bridgeable to produce an excellent summary report titled the Current State of Social Prescribing in Canada and since then a wide range of research and evaluation of existing practices has led to a deeper body of knowledge with virtual educational roadshows largely developed for professionals in
In the field of ageing and longevity, as with most concepts and models, trends and terminology seem to have arrived suddenly as news to some, such as AgeTech which grew up from the origins of gerontechnology in the 1980’s. So too it is with Social Prescribing, which according to legend had its origins also in
As a somewhat newcomer to the dialogue on Social Prescribing a little over two years ago at the November 2021 International Federation on Ageing conference, I have since followed this concept with great interest and fervour. With no shortage of outlets to discuss, learn and advocate among colleagues in the field of aging and longevity,
Social Prescribing. Though it exists right on my neighbourhood doorstep, in general, up to now, little is talked about it in local public discourse I hear. Nor do I hear it in individual daily conversations when the topic of health care comes up. Yet once I insert the phrase into a discussion with a condensed
Social Prescribing. Not a term that’s widely understood, or for that matter even heard of by everyday people I run into. For most people, not in the know, that I’ve floated the term out to in daily conversation, there has been a greater amount of interest once I’ve given them a brief explanation. Here I
While we are still at the front end of the Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) – the global UN initiative launched in December 2020, it is important to keep conversant with all the emerging concepts, policies, systems and technologies within the dialogue on ageing and longevity and help everyday people understand what is happening. Hence one of