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The Radars de Xàbia program detects in its first year 78 cases of elderly people at risk of isolation. In 2018 Javea’s RADARS Project identifies 78 cases of isolation This community project will deploy its telephone follow-up platform in 2019 and encourages them to join as volunteers Xàbia. Wednesday, December 19, 2018. The Department of Social Services of Xàbia has taken stock of the first year of the Radars community project, designed to reduce unwanted loneliness and the risk of isolation in elderly people who live alone or who lack family support. The first phase of this plan, which involves the involvement of different sectors and collaborating agents, has been the location of the most vulnerable. In total 78 have been detected, the great majority of British origin, and to a lesser extent, Germans. Also, although in a more minority way, there are of French, Belgian and Spanish origin.