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Bring it on Covid-19: being an older person in developing countries during a pandemic.
- Source :
- Working with Older People: Community Care Policy & Practice; 2020, Vol. 24 Issue 4, p281-291, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Purpose: This study aims to explore the respective risk perception toward the Covid-19 pandemic among the elderly in two developing countries and their lifestyle change and adaptation behavior as a result of that. Design/methodology/approach: In total, 22 in-depth interviews were conducted among people aged 60 to 85 in Iran and India. The interview guideline was based on two constructs inspired by the study of Gerhold (2020) – risk perception of the pandemic and change in lifestyle and adaptation to the pandemic situation. Findings: The results showed that although the majority of the interviewees initially experienced fear and anxiety during the stay-at-home order and the pandemic situation at large, they quickly adapted to the new situation with behavioral and attitudinal changes in ways relevant to the new normal. The results confirmed the maturation hypothesis proposed by Knight et al. (2000). Originality/value: This paper is an original study of the researchers and among the first contributing to the literature of the elderly studies in developing countries. It contributes to the knowledge required for future behavioral studies concerning the Covid-19 pandemic by evaluating the experiences, risk perception and adaptation approaches of the older people in India and Iran. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- MENTAL depression risk factors
ADAPTABILITY (Personality)
PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation
ANXIETY
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
BEHAVIOR modification
DEVELOPING countries
PSYCHOLOGICAL distress
EMERGENCY management
EXPERIENCE
FEAR
HEALTH behavior
INTERVIEWING
RISK perception
QUALITATIVE research
ATTITUDES toward death
ATTITUDES toward illness
COVID-19
STAY-at-home orders
COVID-19 pandemic
OLD age
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13663666
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Working with Older People: Community Care Policy & Practice
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 147581030
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-06-2020-0030