Priority 26 from the Digital Technology for Mental Health PSP

UNCERTAINTY: How can digital technologies be used to help connect older people with mental health conditions (e.g. anxiety, depression, cognitive impairment) who are in isolation or at risk of becoming isolated? (JLA PSP Priority 26)
Overall ranking	26
JLA question ID	0069/26
Explanatory note	Not available for this PSP
Evidence	No systematic reviews identified
Health Research Classification System category	Mental Health

Extra information provided by this PSP
Original uncertainty examples	What technologies would help connect older people isolated at home in rural communities with MH issues such as social isolation, anxiety about health and depression etc.? ~ How can you use digital technology to combat isolation in people over 65? ~ How can the elderly (60+ and a neglected population) be encouraged to use digital media to enhance their wellbeing and prevent social isolation? ~ How would older patients living in poverty or in remote locations and suffer from cognitive, motor and sensory impairment benefit from digital technology?
Submitted by	2 x Service User ~ 2 x Carer ~ 4 x Practitioner

Extra information provided by this PSP

Original uncertainty examples

What technologies would help connect older people isolated at home in rural communities with MH issues such as social isolation, anxiety about health and depression etc.? ~ How can you use digital technology to combat isolation in people over 65? ~ How can the elderly (60+ and a neglected population) be encouraged to use digital media to enhance their wellbeing and prevent social isolation? ~ How would older patients living in poverty or in remote locations and suffer from cognitive, motor and sensory impairment benefit from digital technology?

Submitted by

2 x Service User ~ 2 x Carer ~ 4 x Practitioner

PSP information
PSP unique ID	0069
PSP name	Digital Technology for Mental Health
Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP.	134 To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website)
Date of priority setting workshop	12 March 2018