Changes in daily life and wellbeing in adults, 70 years and older, in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic
Fristedt, Sofi LU ; Carlsson, Gunilla LU ; Kylén, Maya LU
; Jonsson, Oskar
LU
and Granbom, Marianne
LU
(2022)
In Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
29(6).
p.511-521
- Abstract
Background: In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Swedish authorities enforced specific recommendations on social distancing for adults 70 years and older (70+). Day-to-day life changed for 15% of the Swedish population. The aim of the study was to explore how adults 70+ experienced and managed changes in everyday life due to the COVID-19 pandemic and how those changes affected wellbeing at the beginning of the virus outbreak. Methods: Eleven women and six men, (mean age 76 years), living in ordinary housing, participated in remote semi-structured interviews in April 2020. The interviews were analysed with qualitative content analysis. Findings: The theme Suddenly at risk–‘…but it could have been worse’ included four categories My... (More)
Background: In the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Swedish authorities enforced specific recommendations on social distancing for adults 70 years and older (70+). Day-to-day life changed for 15% of the Swedish population. The aim of the study was to explore how adults 70+ experienced and managed changes in everyday life due to the COVID-19 pandemic and how those changes affected wellbeing at the beginning of the virus outbreak. Methods: Eleven women and six men, (mean age 76 years), living in ordinary housing, participated in remote semi-structured interviews in April 2020. The interviews were analysed with qualitative content analysis. Findings: The theme Suddenly at risk–‘…but it could have been worse’ included four categories My world closed down; Negotiations, adaptations and prioritizations to manage staying at home; Barriers and facilitators to sustain occupational participation; and Considerations of my own and other’s health and wellbeing emerged from the data analysis. Conclusion: Everyday life changes had implications for health and well-being. The participants questioned previous conceptions of meaning in relation to habitual activities, likely leading to consistent occupational changes. However, these long-term effects remain to be explored, and considered to enable older adult’s health during the pandemic and beyond.
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- author
- Fristedt, Sofi
LU
; Carlsson, Gunilla
LU
; Kylén, Maya
LU
; Jonsson, Oskar
LU
and Granbom, Marianne
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2022
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Corona, health, later life, occupational deprivation, risk group, social distancing, social interaction, Sweden
- in
- Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy
- volume
- 29
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 511 - 521
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- pmid:34088255
- scopus:85107498820
- ISSN
- 1103-8128
- DOI
- 10.1080/11038128.2021.1933171
- project
- The At-Risk Study – Older adults´ health, wellbeing, and daily life during the COVID-19 pandemic
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 672a004c-275e-4db4-aa2b-10fd11bfd58f
- date added to LUP
- 2021-07-09 14:07:50
- date last changed
- 2025-01-26 12:32:24
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