Indian Journal of Gerontology
Year : 2021, Volume : 35, Issue : 2
First page : ( 151) Last page : ( 161)
Print ISSN : 0971-4189.

Daily life concerns of older adults during Covid-19 pandemic

Borade Nilam, Nagarkar Aarti

Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Ganeshkhind, Pune-411007

Online published on 10 September, 2021.

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has had an unprecedented effect on the lives of people. Especially in the lives of older adults. The objective of this study was to document the concerns and changes in the daily life of older adults and how they coped with these changes during the Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdown. The online survey platform was used for data collection and a pre-tested questionnaire was sent to respondents through web-based social media. Of the total 200 responses, 113 responses (the responses of 72 males and 41 females age varying from 60 years and above) were found appropriate as per the response accuracy scale, which was used for final analysis. Descriptive statistics were used in the analysis. Results show that many of the respondents were affected in their daily lives because of Covid-19 pandemic. Especially, social and psychological aspects of life were affected adversely which could affect their overall health and well-being. The present study also addressed the need for new strategies to improve psychological wellbeing as well as a social network for older adults in upcoming years.

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Keywords

Older adults, Lockdown, Covid-19 pandemic, Psychological, Social effect.

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