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It’s no secret that older adults benefit from increased physical activity and social interaction, but such lifestyle choices have traditionally been the domain of patients and their families. A new clinical model now seeks to position leisure-time activities as therapeutic interventions through a practice called “social prescribing.”

Geriatricians at Cleveland Clinic are adopting the novel approach, in which providers work with patients to pinpoint a beneficial activity and then “prescribe” participation. Although the concept is quite new in the United States, it has been used in the United Kingdom and Europe with demonstrable success, notes Ardeshir Hashmi, MD, Section Chief of Cleveland Clinic’s Center for Geriatric Medicine.

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