Aging and COVID-19: Lessons Learned
Activities Adaptation & Aging,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
46(4), С. 279 - 285
Опубликована: Окт. 2, 2022
Aging
continues
irrespective
of
event,
location,
and
time;
it
is
a
process
that
does
not
stop
or
pause.
The
coronavirus
disease
2019
(COVID-19)
pandemic
has
impacted
the
community
older
adults
as
profoundly
any
other
community.
However,
communities
are
homogenous
different
in
their
own
ways
(e.g.,
digital
immigrant
baby
boomers
who
generally
tech-savvy
native
millennials
(Gen
Y)
zoomers
Z);
have
higher
risk
morbidity
mortality,
lower
physical
strength
mobility,
greater
vulnerability
to
public
health
crises
compared
younger
counterparts).
As
COVID-19
becomes
endemic,
an
opportune
time
reflect
on
lessons
learned
from
for
healthy
seamless
aging.
This
article
sheds
light
such
(i.e.,
implications
preparedness
management
opportunity
leveraging)
emerging
out
latest
articles
published
during
current
issue
Activities,
Adaptation
&
Aging:
Dignified
Purposeful
Living
Older
Adults.
Язык: Английский
Factors Influencing Healthy Lifestyle Among Older Adults: A Qualitative Study
Activities Adaptation & Aging,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown, С. 1 - 25
Опубликована: Фев. 15, 2024
Healthy
living
is
crucial
in
achieving
active
and
successful
aging.
As
the
aging
population
growing
rapidly,
improving
healthy
lifestyle
behaviors
important.
This
study
aimed
to
explore
factors
affecting
a
older
Iranian
adults.
We
used
content
analyses
as
approach.
conducted
in-depth
individual
semi-structured
interviews
focus
group
discussions
with
open-ended
questions
between
October
2020
April
2021.
Using
purposive
snowball
sampling
techniques,
participants
were
selected
from
community
dwellings
of
adults
experts
various
health
system
levels.
A
qualitative
thematic
analysis
approach
was
for
data
analysis.
Factors
categorized
into
five
themes,
including
factors,
cultural
religious
social
economic
policy
divided
17
subthemes.
Results
highlighted
need
holistic
view
all
dimensions
adults'
lifestyles.
Enhancing
lifestyles
could
have
greater
impact
than
addressing
multiple
risk
costly
strategies.
Thus,
policies
should
strongly
emphasize
identified
that
are
contextually
relevant.
Язык: Английский
Social Support Among Older South Africans During COVID-19
Activities Adaptation & Aging,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
48(3), С. 445 - 472
Опубликована: Май 31, 2023
COVID-19
had
a
significant
impact
on
older
South
Africans'
experience
of
social
support.
This
cross-sectional
study
explored
possible
risk
and
protective
factors
support
among
community-dwelling
adults
(N
=
118).
Social
pre-
to
during
decreased
significantly;
however,
overall
was
greater
for
those
who
were
older,
more
face-to-face
contact,
number
friends
or
relatives.
From
socio-ecological
perspective
resilience,
opportunities
create
connections,
such
as
classes
community
events,
are
recommended
facilitate
desired
supports,
which
in
turn
supports
health
well-being.
Язык: Английский
Maintaining mobility: how productive aging affects driving among older drivers
Activities Adaptation & Aging,
Год журнала:
2022,
Номер
47(4), С. 423 - 445
Опубликована: Ноя. 27, 2022
There
is
a
lack
of
research
on
whether
participating
in
productive
aging
(PA)
activities
affects
driving
among
older
adults
and
each
PA
activity's
independent
effect
driving.
This
study
aims
to
assess
how
affect
frequency
using
the
social
ecological
model.
Ordinal
regression
was
used
analyze
data
from
National
Health
Aging
Trends
Study
(n
=
4655).
We
examined
participation
perceived
importance
activity
were
related
frequency.
Higher
observed
who
worked
for
pay,
provided
care,
visited
friends
family,
went
out
enjoyment,
had
higher
participation.
Alternative
transportation
services
programs
could
be
implemented
ensure
safety,
mobility,
as
population
continues
age.
Язык: Английский
L’expérience spirituelle des seniors pendant la pandémie du COVID-19 : Revue intégrative et analyse thématique de données qualitatives
Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
53(3), С. 432 - 449
Опубликована: Фев. 24, 2024
This
article
studies
the
ways
coronavirus
pandemic
impacts
on
spirituality
of
seniors
in
Quebec.
The
methodological
approach
follows
two
stages:
1-
a
theoretical
and
systematized
search
databases
(integrative
review);
2-
field
approach,
combining
meeting
senior
experts,
followed
by
questionnaire.
results
highlighted
recurrence
feeling
loneliness
confrontation
with
unknown,
which
resulted
disoriented
state
being
that
challenges
existential
meaning.
elders
responded
to
unknown
caused
pandemic,
regaining
control
their
through
awareness-raising
work,
led
them
discern
importance
reworking
lives
spiritual
level.
As
result,
deployment
spiritualities
occurs
institutional
religion
is
replaced
intentional
spiritualities.
Язык: Английский
A Comparison of Loneliness and Social Support among South African Older Persons during a Pandemic
SOUTHERN AFRICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
36(1)
Опубликована: Май 15, 2024
Pandemics,
such
as
the
outbreak
of
novel
coronavirus
(Covid-19)
in
March
2020,
have
a
negative
impact
on
older
persons’
(60
years
and
older)
physical
mental
health.
Research
effects
Covid-19
experience
loneliness
self-reported
social
support
has
predominately
originated
from
Global
North.
Applying
strengths
perspective,
present
study
aimed
to
determine
compare
among
South
African
persons
during
pandemic.
A
cross-sectional
survey
was
operationalised
collect
data
community-dwelling
(n
=
139)
residing
residential
care
facilities
99)
through
purposive
sampling
across
five
provinces.
scale
used
measure
respondents’
overall
loneliness,
including
emotional
loneliness.
availability
four
domains.
The
focused
contact,
number
close
friends/relatives,
socio-demographics,
subjective
health,
respectively.
Independent
samples
t-tests
were
run
explore
any
statistically
significant
differences
between
two
groups.
Community-dwelling
found
with
marginally
higher
levels
No
identified
measured
than
their
peers
care.
Two
domains
support,
namely,
affectionate
positive
interaction,
be
significantly
different
(p
<
0.01).
Based
study’s
results,
implications
for
strengths-based
gerontological
work
services
resource-constrained
settings
pandemic
delineated.
Язык: Английский
Australian Catholics’ Lived Experiences of COVID-19 Church Closures
Journal of Religion and Health,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
62(4), С. 2881 - 2898
Опубликована: Апрель 27, 2023
In
2020,
Australian
Catholic
churches
closed
due
to
COVID-19
restrictions,
but
there
has
been
little
qualitative
data
published
on
the
lived
experience
of
churchgoing
Catholics
in
this
period.
Data
from
175
survey
participants
who
left
responses
describing
their
worship
experiences
as
part
a
larger
project
revealed
five
major
themes:
'Church
and
State',
'Blessings
disguise',
'Polarisation',
'Future
proofing',
'Loss'.
Respondents
expressed
diverse
range
views
about
church
leadership,
lockdowns,
conspiracy
theories,
merits
deficits
online
worship,
own
thriving
or
suffering
during
closures.
Язык: Английский