Online health educator, The Sound Doctor, is delighted to announce the development of their new App to help people live independently for longer.
The App, aimed particularly at those aged over 70, consists of a library of films created by The Sound Doctor. It includes advice on preventing falls, combatting loneliness and isolation, and managing end of life care. It also offers information, advice and tips on nutrition, hydration, oral health and alcohol.
The Sound Doctor aims to create the very best film and audio content available to help people look after themselves better with long term conditions and improve outcomes.
There are many issues which really worry older people living at home. Feeling lonely and isolated often leads to other problems including depression. Fear of falling can prevent people from leaving their homes as often as they would like to, and it is easy to get caught up in a spiral of inactivity and dependency.
Campaign to End Loneliness states that there are currently 1.2 million chronically lonely older people in the UK and that half a million older people go at least five or six days a week without seeing or speaking to anyone at all.
Rosie Runciman, Co-Founder of The Sound Doctor said, “The good news is, there is lots of help out there. If older people and their families know what help is available, and can see the potential for altering their lifestyle, there can be dramatic improvements to their quality of life. Our App is a necessary resource that will help with this and is a fantastic project for The Sound Doctor to be involved in.”.
The number of people aged 75 or over is expected to double in the next 30 years. A recent report states that depression is the most common mental health problem in this age group.
“As we are an ageing society, we need to find ways of living at home longer, but this won’t happen unless we find ways of enjoying life in older age. Health issues affect activities we might have done previously, retirement comes with potential problems of isolation, and we need to find ways of making life work well for us in our later years.” continued Rosie.
Many issues can be addressed through understanding both the issues and potential solutions. For older people and their families, education is essential to improving outcomes.
The Sound Doctor take great pride in creating films which can really change behaviours and improve outcomes.
For more information, visit www.thesounddoctor.org.
The Sound Doctor is on the G Cloud 11 Framework.
