...Jaturada Jariyarattanakul Niemtest; Watchara Tabootwong; Pornchai Jullamate Purpose This study aims to explain the experiences of nursing students while they practiced gerontological nursing through online media during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach Purposive sampling...

... for and accessing health services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach This study used the descriptive phenomenology qualitative method. The sampling method was purposive sampling involving 16 older adult family caregivers. Findings The results of this study showed three themes...

...Sajeda Alhamory; Inaam Khalaf; Jafar Alasad Alshraideh; Suhair Al-Ghabeesh; Yasmeen Abu Sumaqa; Salam Bani Hani; Iyad Salameh; Hasan Abu Alruz Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess the level of nurses’ competencies while providing care to COVID-19 patients. Design/methodology/approach...

...Thomas Morton; Shirley Evans; Ruby Swift; Jennifer Bray; Faith Frost Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruption in community support for vulnerable older people and is thought to have exacerbated existing issues within UK adult social care. This study aims to examine the legacy...

...Purvi Pujari; Anuj Kumar; Pranjali Pujari Purpose The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of the impact of social isolation due to COVID-19 on the vulnerable geriatric population. Design/methodology/approach Ten individual interviews of people above 70 years of age were...

...Munmun Ghosh Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way of our living. Social and physical distancing has become an inevitable part of our life. Although the younger counterpart can adapt to the situation quickly, it is extremely difficult for the elderly (60 years and above) who are locked...

...Anuj Kumar; Nishu Ayedee Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight the pain and suffering of elderly age people during the COVID-19 lockdown. It was an unpleasant experience for old age people. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, primarily, the information has been collected...

...Shirley Evans; Jennifer Bray; Dawn Brooker Purpose Because of COVID-19 restrictions, Meeting Centres (MCs) for people affected by dementia in the UK ceased to meet physically but continued to provide remote support. The aim was to understand the extent to which MCs were able to operate when...

...Hanif Abdul Rahman; Wegdan Bani Issa; Mohammad Rababa; Deeni Rudita Idris; Khadizah H. Abdul-Mumin; Lin Naing Purpose The purpose of this paper is to introduce a new tool called the elderly caregiver questionnaire for COVID-19 (ECQC-24) that helps to assess caregiver attributes toward best...

...Prince Chiagozie Ekoh Purpose Institutionalized older adults in care homes and long-care facilities have been identified as being at greater risk of COVID-19 related morbidity and mortality. Thus, this paper aims to explore the impact of COVID-19 on care homes in south-east Nigeria given...

...Jill Manthorpe; Jo Moriarty Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic has shone a light on long-standing, structural race inequality in Britain. This paper aims to review historic patterns of ethnic diversity among the workforce employed in services for older people to present some of the lessons that can...

...Setayesh Sattari; Soniya Billore 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...

... to their background and biological, behavioral and logical knowledge. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2020 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only COVID-19 Gender Men population Mortality Pakistan Infection The statistical data was collected from the official fact finding documents...

...Tina Wallace Purpose This study aims to share a personal viewpoint on the hardship imposed by lockdown measure. Design/methodology/approach A personal experience of losing a loved one during the Covid-19 lockdown in England. Findings The costs of lockdown go far beyond the economic ones...

...Ozgur Ates Purpose On March 21, 2020, the Turkish Government imposed a curfew for citizens 65 years old and over and ordered them to stay at home as a measure to protect them against the COVID-19 outbreak. The curfew ended on June 10, 2020, having lasted 82 days. The purpose of this paper...

...Lukas Richter; Theresa Heidinger Purpose The COVID-19 pandemic poses a great challenge for older people both in terms of the severity of the disease and the negative consequences of social distancing. Assumptions about negative effects on the lives of the elderly, affecting dimensions...

...Rita Grácio Purpose The purpose of this paper is to highlight some of the work with/for/about older people being undertaken by museums during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, thinking of museums as caregivers. Design/methodology/approach This paper reviews the responses from...