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How we survived: Older adults’ adjustment to the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 ...
Jarego, M.; Tasker, F.; Costa, P. A.; Pais-Ribeiro, J.; Ferreira-Valente, A.Older adults were found to be the most susceptible group to suffer the physical health consequences of a COVID-19 infection and were considered vulnerable to the negative effects of the lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic, yet unlike many young adults did not generally experience an increased rate of mental health problems. Our study explored the strategies older adults in Portugal deployed during the mandat...
'But we survived': older adults' strategies to cope with the lockdowns due to t...
Jarego, M.; Tasker, F.; Costa, P. A.; Pais-Ribeiro, J.; Ferreira-Valente, A.Background: Older adults are one of the most vulnerable groups to severe illness associated with the SARS-COV-2 virus. Therefore, it would be expected that the elderly would suffer great impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their mental health. However, it seems not to be the case, possibly due to contextual aspects and the strategies used by them to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Our study aimed at exploring t...