Facilitators and barriers faced by community organizations supporting older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the COVID-19 pandemic, olderadult-focused community organizations played an essential role in supporting the wellbeing of older adults. Supporting older adults during this time required extensive modifications to existing programming but their adaptations during the COVID-19 pandemic are not well documented. The purpose of this study was to understand how older adult-focused community organizations adopted virtual delivery formats during the COVID-19 pandemic and their perspectives of the barriers and facilitators for organizations and older adults.

Methods

To understand the changes that were made, we conducted a qualitative environmental scan of community-based services across British Columbia. Online searches were complemented by snowball sampling and key

SUBMITTER: Haase KR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11951528 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature