Psycho-Social problems of elderly during the time of pandemic and ways towards its solutions: A social work study on India

• Authors: Diyali Chandrakala
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the face of the earth and future seems to be uncertain for many vulnerable groups. Among them, the golden population are the group who are silently succumbing to the mixed negative emotions of fear, doubts, insecurities, risks and even a taboo or a stigma of, having a least resilience and immunity to the infection, even to an extent of being called a source of community spread due to their higher severity, prolong illness and fatality of the infection .The reason being their prior existing health infirmities. Therefore, this paper is an effort towards drawing the attention of the Government agencies, NGOs and other stakeholders of the society to the different aspect of problems of the most revered sections of the society during this global tragic time of Covid -19 Lockdown. The present study wants to overview the problems the golden populations are silently suffering using the content analysis methodology. The researcher made use of secondary source data and the relevant and comprehensive literature on the subject. And as a Social Work professional, help giving appropriate suggestions for effective solutions to help the elderly move ahead in this crisis not only as a takes but as a crisis responders for different tasks at hand for the country as a caregivers, health workers, volun¬teers and community leaders. .The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the face of the earth and future seems to be uncertain for many vulnerable groups. Among them, the golden population are the group who are silently succumbing to the mixed negative emotions of fear, doubts, insecurities, risks and even a taboo or a stigma of, having a least resilience and immunity to the infection, even to an extent of being called a source of community spread due to their higher severity, prolong illness and fatality of the infection .The reason being their prior existing health infirmities. Therefore, this paper is an effort towards drawing the attention of the Government agencies, NGOs and other stakeholders of the society to the different aspect of problems of the most revered sections of the society during this global tragic time of Covid -19 Lockdown. The present study wants to overview the problems the golden populations are silently suffering using the content analysis methodology. The researcher made use of secondary source data and the relevant and comprehensive literature on the subject. And as a Social Work professional, help giving appropriate suggestions for effective solutions to help the elderly move ahead in this crisis not only as a takes but as a crisis responders for different tasks at hand for the country as a caregivers, health workers, volun¬teers and community leaders.

Keywords

EN

Covid-19; Taboo; vulnerable groups; pandemic situation; stigma; immunity; infection; Golden Population; crisis; Social work Professionals

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii WSB
• Journal: EXLIBRIS Biblioteka Gerontologii Społecznej
• Year: 2020
• Issue: 1 (18) /2020 Old age - international perspective – theory and practice
• Pages: 123-134

Dates

published

2020

Contributors

author

Diyali Chandrakala

• Department of Social Work; Institute of social Sciences (AISS),Amity University, Indie

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Identifiers

DOI

10.24917/27199045.181.11