Negotiating agency and belonging during the first lockdown of the COVID-19 pandemic: an interview study among older adults in England, UK.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aim of this study was to explore the agency of older adults and their strategies to restructure ways of being and belonging in a rapidly and radically changed social environment during the UK's first COVID-19 lockdown in Spring 2020.

Design

Qualitative study consisting of semi-structured interviews. Findings were derived from a thematic analysis of interview transcripts. We also established a patient and public involvement and engagement group who advised on study design, interview topic guide and interpretation of findings.

Setting

Interviews were conducted online with older adults in the UK through their platform of choice in Spring 2020 in England, UK.

Participants

We conducted 28 interviews (16 women, 12 men) with older adults over the age of

SUBMITTER: Wenning B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9086283 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature