"Stemming the "ageism pandemic
A qualitative inquiry with older adults in residential care facilities during the Covid-19 outbreak
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4227692 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matteo Bellanova (0000-0002-3598-8915, University of Padua), Diego Romaioli (0000-0003-0053-1170, University of Padua), Alberta Contarello (0000-0001-9046-4789, University of Padua) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 332-346 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/13591053231202668 |
| PMID | 37840266 |
| OpenAlex | W4387661984 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 46 |
The Covid-19 pandemic added to collective concerns, making health risks salient especially for the older population. The health emergency exacerbated an already widespread negative representation of aging, and phenomena such as ageism. With the present qualitative inquiry, 21 episodic interviews were collected with the aim of understanding the experience of older adults in residential care facilities, exploring their ideas of aging and the viewpoints that helped them to respond to the pandemic successfully. A thematic analysis was conducted using NudIst software. The results show that participants described multiple personal and relational resources they used to cope with the pandemic, and they were able to express counter-narratives to the ideas of aging as coinciding with decline, and of lockdown as a source of distress alone. The paper concludes with reflections on the relevance of research capable of challenging unhelpful dominant discourses and averting the risk of them turning into negative prophecies
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Distress · Environmental health · Health care · Narrative · Pandemic · Political science · Population · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Viewpoints · Aging and Gerontology Research · Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |