The goal of this feasibility study is to find out if routine referrals of older adults aged 65years and over to community activities provided by third sector organisations will reduce their loneliness risk. Researcher will compare referrals of older adults to community activities following reablement provided by intermediate care to attendance of online activities to find out which will be effective in reducing loneliness risk of older adults aged 65years and over. Researcher will also find out if it will be feasible to complete a full randomised controlled trial.
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Risk of loneliness of participants as identified with the De Jon Gierveld (DJG)loneliness scale.
Timeframe: Enrollment where the initial measures will be taken and then at six months from when the initial measures were taken which will be the end of the study.
Frailty of participants as measured by the Frailty Index Scale.
Timeframe: Initial Frailty Index scale will be measured when participants are randomised to intervention groups and the final Frailty Index Scale will be measured six months from being assigned to intervention group.
Self reported physical activity levels and mental wellbeing of participants as identified by EQ-5D-5L scale.
Timeframe: EQ-5D-5L will initially be collected when participants are randomised to intervention groups and again at six months from when they were randomised to intervention groups.