How we survived: older adults’ adjustment to the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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Main Author: Jarego, Margarida
Publication Date: 2024
Other Authors: Tasker, Fiona, Costa, Pedro Alexandre, Pais-Ribeiro, José, Ferreira-Valente, Alexandra
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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Summary: Older adults were found to be the most susceptible group to suffer the physical health consequences of a COVID-19 infection and were considered vulnerable to the negative effects of the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet unlike many young adults did not generally experience an increased rate of mental health problems. Our study explored the strategies older adults in Portugal deployed during the mandatory lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. Qualitative interview data were collected with 22 older adults in relatively good health (aged between 66 and 92 years old; 36% women). Three main themes were identified via thematic analysis: (1) Finding things to do and activities that can protect me; (2) Identifying how my thoughts can protect me; and (3) Counting myself lucky – me and my home advantages. Some of the thematic strategies identified by older adults to manage pandemic and lockdown-related stresses related to meaning-centered coping could be further developed via cognitive behavioral therapies of the third wave.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv How we survived: older adults’ adjustment to the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic
title How we survived: older adults’ adjustment to the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic
spellingShingle How we survived: older adults’ adjustment to the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Jarego, Margarida
Coping
COVID-19
Lockdown
Older adults
Psychological well-being
title_short How we survived: older adults’ adjustment to the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full How we survived: older adults’ adjustment to the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic
title_fullStr How we survived: older adults’ adjustment to the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed How we survived: older adults’ adjustment to the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic
title_sort How we survived: older adults’ adjustment to the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic
author Jarego, Margarida
author_facet Jarego, Margarida
Tasker, Fiona
Costa, Pedro Alexandre
Pais-Ribeiro, José
Ferreira-Valente, Alexandra
author_role author
author2 Tasker, Fiona
Costa, Pedro Alexandre
Pais-Ribeiro, José
Ferreira-Valente, Alexandra
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Veritati
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Jarego, Margarida
Tasker, Fiona
Costa, Pedro Alexandre
Pais-Ribeiro, José
Ferreira-Valente, Alexandra
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Coping
COVID-19
Lockdown
Older adults
Psychological well-being
topic Coping
COVID-19
Lockdown
Older adults
Psychological well-being
description Older adults were found to be the most susceptible group to suffer the physical health consequences of a COVID-19 infection and were considered vulnerable to the negative effects of the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet unlike many young adults did not generally experience an increased rate of mental health problems. Our study explored the strategies older adults in Portugal deployed during the mandatory lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. Qualitative interview data were collected with 22 older adults in relatively good health (aged between 66 and 92 years old; 36% women). Three main themes were identified via thematic analysis: (1) Finding things to do and activities that can protect me; (2) Identifying how my thoughts can protect me; and (3) Counting myself lucky – me and my home advantages. Some of the thematic strategies identified by older adults to manage pandemic and lockdown-related stresses related to meaning-centered coping could be further developed via cognitive behavioral therapies of the third wave.
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