COVID-19 and Older Adults

This book examines the impact of the pandemic on the older population and how gerontological social workers can effectively intervene to ensure a more equitable approach to service delivery. Readers of this book can expect comprehensive attention to pandemic issues in an international gerontological social work context.

Robin P. Bonifas is Professor and Chair of the Social Work Department at Indiana State University, Terre Haute, USA. She has over 15 years' experience working with older adults in long-term care and inpatient psychiatric settings. She is John A. Hartford Faculty Scholar and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Gerontological Social Work.

Introducing COVID-19 and Older Adults 1. Age-Based Healthcare Stereotype Threat during the COVID-19 Pandemic 2. Older Adults' Risk Perception during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Lombardy Region of Italy: A Cross-sectional Survey 3. Associations between Volunteering and Mental Health during COVID-19 among Chinese Older Adults 4. Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Economic Activities and Well-being of Older Adults in South-eastern Nigeria: Lessons for Gerontological Social Workers 5. Digital and Physical Social Exclusion of Older People in Rural Nigeria in the Time of COVID-19 6. Digital Inclusion of Older Adults during COVID-19: Lessons from a Case Study of Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) 7. Concerns of Family Caregivers during COVID-19: The Concerns of Caregivers and the Surprising Silver Linings 8. Is It "Aging" or Immunosenescence? The COVID-19 Biopsychosocial Risk Factors Aggravating Immunosenescence as Another Risk Factor of the Morbus. A Developmental-clinical Social Work Perspective