Social isolation: strategies to identify, prevent and combat the phenomenon
Results of the Erasmus + project "kHIK it - Strategies to engage socially isolated youngsters", co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union under the Grant Agreement no. 2019-3-IT03-KA105-017178.
Results of the Erasmus + project "kHIK it - Strategies to engage socially isolated youngsters", co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union under the Grant Agreement no. 2019-3-IT03-KA105-017178.
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1.Contextos (Portugal):________
2.Green Elephant Foundation (Poland):_______
Social isolation
Based on your personal and professional experience, what does social isolation represent
for you?
● Loneliness
● Social distancing
● Staying at home for lengthy periods of time
● Little or no communication with friends, family and mates
● Canceling plans last minute
● Choosing online work over going to office
● Having no access to services or community involvement
● “A friend of fear”
● Cut off from social network
From all the definitions put together, a single definition can be extracted:
Social isolation is the withdrawal of a person from the world through isolation or hiding for
lengthy periods of time. The person can have little or no communication with friends, family
and mates. A socially isolated person can also be called like this when he or she has no
access to services or is not involved in the community.
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