Understanding actions and challenges in protecting older people during covid-19 pandemic in indonesia: A qualitative study with female caregivers.

ABSTRACT: COVID-19 has rapidly impacted societies on a global scale, with older people among the most affected. To care for older people living in their own homes, female family caregivers play a pivotal role. The current study aimed to explore the actions of female family caregivers and the challenges they faced in taking care of older people living at homes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Belu district, Indonesia. This qualitative study involved twenty female family caregivers, who were recruited using a combination of purposive and snowball sampling techniques. Findings were grouped into two main categories: (i) actions of female family caregivers in taking care of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. These included limiting both visitations of extended family members and older adults' acti

SUBMITTER: Asa GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10032487 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature