Social Isolation, Loneliness and Well-being in the Covid-19 Crisis: A Look at Nursing Home Residents in Luxembourg
Abstract During the COVID-19 crisis, older adults, in particular those with underlying health conditions, were at a special risk for severe illness and mortality, and efforts were made to shield them from exposure to the virus. While measures of physical distancing and reduction of in-person contacts were necessary to prevent contraction, they hit residents of care settings particularly hard since visits from family and friends were banned and the risk for loneliness and social isolation increased. In the present study, we therefore gave the voice to nursing home residents and focused on their... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2020 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Innovation in Aging ; volume 4, issue Supplement_1, page 957-958 ; ISSN 2399-5300 |
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Oxford University Press (OUP)
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Schlagwörter: | Life-span and Life-course Studies / Health Professions (miscellaneous) / Health (social science) |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26739988 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.3501 |