UID:
almahu_9949767559302882
Format:
1 online resource (175 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781447367468
Content:
This book provides new insights into the challenges facing older people in Greater Manchester in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing on novel longitudinal research, the book analyses their lived experiences and those of organisations working to support them, shedding light on the isolating effects of social distancing.
Note:
Cover -- COVID-19, Inequality and Older People: Everyday Life during the Pandemic -- Copyright information -- Table of Contents -- List of figures and tables -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- 1 Introduction -- The impact of the pandemic on older people -- Background to the study -- Interdisciplinary approach and aims -- Outline of the chapters -- 2 A sociological analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on older people -- Introduction -- Biomedical constructions of ageing -- COVID-19 and social inequality -- Living in areas of multiple deprivation -- Living with precarity -- Conclusion -- 3 Methodology of the study -- Introduction -- Methodological approach -- The sample -- Interviews with community organisations -- Interviews with older people -- Data collection -- Data analysis -- Case study: Greater Manchester -- Conclusion -- 4 Everyday life under lockdown: relationships and routines -- Introduction -- Experiences of lockdown -- The impact of lockdown -- The impact of shielding -- Maintaining routines -- Shopping under lockdown -- Christmas under lockdown -- Feeling older under lockdown -- Physical and mental deterioration -- Reflections on the impact of lockdowns and social distancing -- The impact of bereavement -- Conclusion -- 5 Experiences of the pandemic: a biographical and longitudinal analysis of four case studies -- Introduction -- Carl -- Frank -- Raquela -- Soraya -- COVID-19 and the life-course -- Conclusion -- 6 Changes in relationships -- Introduction -- Increased isolation: the case of single men -- Isolation and care in the home -- Relationships with neighbours and local community -- Use of outdoor and communal spaces -- Reinventing relationships: the role of technology -- Keeping connected -- Maintaining religious practice -- Digital exclusion -- Technology and the LGBTQ+ community -- Conclusion.
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7 The role of community organisations and social infrastructure -- Introduction -- Initial responses to the pandemic -- Adaptations to services and support -- Provision and distribution of food -- Moving services and activities online -- Telephone befriending and other ways of keeping in touch -- Mental health and well-being support -- The role of older people in networks of support -- Gaps in support for older people -- Supporting mental health and well-being -- The need for culturally relevant and accessible information and services -- Loss of opportunities for face-to-face contact -- Digital exclusion and further isolation -- Working with socially excluded groups -- Looking to the future -- Conclusion -- 8 Understanding everyday life during the pandemic -- Introduction -- Role of technology -- Issues and concerns relevant to the future care and support of older people -- Ageing under lockdown -- Social isolation during the pandemic -- Relationships with family and friends -- The role of the home and neighbourhoods during the crisis -- Conclusion -- 9 COVID-19, inequality and older people: developing community-centred interventions -- Introduction -- Developing age-friendly communities -- Community participation and COVID-19 -- Community-centred strategies and tackling COVID-19 -- Promoting community participation -- Recruiting community advocates -- Developing social infrastructure -- National funding -- Developing long-term community-centred policies -- Conclusion -- 10 Conclusion -- Lived experience of the pandemic -- Reflections on the design of the study -- Future areas of research -- The wider context of precarity -- References -- Index.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Lewis, Camilla COVID-19, Inequality and Older People Bristol : Policy Press,c2023
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
