Lived experiences of older adults during the first COVID-19 lockdown: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Public health measures used to mitigate the COVID-19 epidemic may have unintended, detrimental consequences particularly on older adults, whose voices and perspectives are often silent or silenced. The aim of this study was to explore the lived experiences of individuals aged 64 or older during the first COVID-19 lockdown.

Methods

We conducted a qualitative study in a convenience sample of 19 older adults (aged 64+) living at home in the Italian-speaking region of Switzerland during the first COVID-19 lockdown, between April and May 2020. Participants varied in terms of gender, education, age, nationality, and socio-economic status. We conducted semi-structured phone interviews to elicit emotions, expectations and hopes in relation to the present situation

SUBMITTER: Falvo I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8221487 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature