Elderly life in covid-19 and the collateral damage of social isolation.
Shivabhakti, Badri (2023)
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023052514431
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023052514431
Tiivistelmä
The pandemic of covid-19 was notoriously responsible for millions of deaths and it complicated health conditions for people with various medical conditions or with weak immune systems. And social distancing as a preventive measure also created diminished social life. Due to the rules of social distancing many people had to refrain themselves from their social life and experienced loneliness.
The aim of this study is to understand the effect of loneliness on elderly people during the covid-19 period, the effect in their livelihood which includes their social life, mental health through various sources of data and information. Therefore, the research questions for this study are, how covid-19 has affected the life of elderly, with relation to loneliness? And what are the possible ways to promote elderly well-being?
This study is a systematic literature review of 9 qualitative peer reviewed studies based on the relevance to the study and their contents have been included and the information is derived through content analysis.
The result of the study contains three themes, which include hindered quality of life of the elderly people during the covid-19, with relation to their social life, mental health status. Secondly, the denied access to health care due to age related discrimination during the shortage of medical resources caused by the pandemic. And the third theme of the result mentions the use of technologies and various therapies which can be used to avoid loneliness and establish positive attitude towards their life to enhance the quality of life.
The aim of this study is to understand the effect of loneliness on elderly people during the covid-19 period, the effect in their livelihood which includes their social life, mental health through various sources of data and information. Therefore, the research questions for this study are, how covid-19 has affected the life of elderly, with relation to loneliness? And what are the possible ways to promote elderly well-being?
This study is a systematic literature review of 9 qualitative peer reviewed studies based on the relevance to the study and their contents have been included and the information is derived through content analysis.
The result of the study contains three themes, which include hindered quality of life of the elderly people during the covid-19, with relation to their social life, mental health status. Secondly, the denied access to health care due to age related discrimination during the shortage of medical resources caused by the pandemic. And the third theme of the result mentions the use of technologies and various therapies which can be used to avoid loneliness and establish positive attitude towards their life to enhance the quality of life.