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COVID-19, Inequality and Older People : Everyday Life during the Pandemic / Luciana Lang, Sophie Yarker, Camilla Lewis, Chris Phillipson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Camilla, Author.
- Phillipson, Chris, Author.
- Yarker, Sophie, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (160 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Policy Press, [2023]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This book provides new insights into the challenges facing older people in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It draws upon novel qualitative longitudinal research which recorded the experiences of a diverse group of people aged 50+ in Greater Manchester over a 12-month during the pandemic. The book analyses their lived experiences and those of organisations working to support them, shedding light on the isolating effects of social distancing. Covering 21 organisations, as well as 102 people from four ethnic/identity groups, the authors argue that the pandemic exacerbated existing inequalities in the UK, disproportionately affecting low-income neighbourhoods and Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. The book outlines recommendations in relation to developing a ‘community-centred approach’ in responding to future variants of COVID-19, as well as making suggestions for how to create post-pandemic neighbourhoods.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- About the authors
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- A sociological analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on older people
- Methodology of the study
- Everyday life under lockdown: relationships and routines
- Experiences of the pandemic: a biographical and longitudinal analysis of four case studies
- Changes in relationships
- The role of community organisations and social infrastructure
- Understanding everyday life during the pandemic
- COVID-19, inequality and older people: developing community-centred interventions
- Conclusion
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023)
- ISBN:
- 1-4473-6746-4
- OCLC:
- 1380735243
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