Maria Gonçalves, Raquel Gonçalves, Patrícia Silva

Day Care Centers, the Covid-19 Pandemic and Quality of Life

The users' perspective

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Produktbeschreibung

In Portugal, and in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic, social responses aimed at older people have had to adjust the way they operate. In the particular case of Day Care Centers, Decree-Law No. 10-A/2020 of March 13 established the suspension of the social support activity carried out. It would only reopen in April 2021 (Decree-Law no. 53-A/2021).With this in mind, and in order to gather evidence to characterize the perspective of older people regarding the closure/suspension of Day Care Centres, a quantitative cross-sectional study was carried out. The results showed that the sample reported the following difficulties associated with the closure of the social response: occupation of time (70%), feelings of loneliness (65%), general worsening of health status (50%) and worsening of pre-existing mental/cognitive health (30%). From the point of view of Social Gerontology, the results seem to point to negative consequences resulting from the closure/suspension of the face-to-faceactivity of the DCs, as well as the need to take into account gender differences at older ages.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 209g
• ISBN-13: 9786207322367
• ISBN-10: 6207322363
• Artikelnr.: 70259697

Autorenporträt

Maria Gonçalves - Gerontologist.Raquel Gonçalves - Gerontologist, PhD in Social Policy and Adjunct Professor at the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo.Patrícia Silva - Sociologist, PhD in Sociology and Adjunct Professor at the School of Education of the Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo.