COVID-19, Inequality and Older People

Everyday Life during the Pandemic
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-4473-6744-4
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 160 Seiten, Format (B × H): 234 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 278 g

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.

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 period 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.

Focusing on interviews with 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 minority ethnic 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lewis, Camilla

Phillipson, Chris

Lang, Luciana

Yarker, Sophie

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Gesundheitssystem, Gesundheitswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Kranken-, Alten- und Behindertenhilfe
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Andy Burnham

1. Introduction

2. A sociological analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on older people

3. Methodology of the study

4. Everyday life under lockdown: relationships and routines

5. Experiences of the pandemic: a biographical and longitudinal analysis of four case studies

6. Changes in relationships

7. The role of community organisations and social infrastructure

8. Understanding everyday life during the pandemic

9. COVID-19, inequality and older people: developing community-centred interventions

10. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Lewis, Camilla
Camilla Lewis is Lecturer in Architectural Studies at University of Manchester

Yarker, Sophie
Sophie Yarker is Lecturer in Health Geography at the University of Salford.

Lang, Luciana
Luciana Lang is Research Associate in the School of Social Science at the University of Manchester

Phillipson, Chris
Chris Phillipson is Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology in the School of Social Sciences at the University of Manchester. He has published a number of general books in the field of ageing as well a number of papers on age-friendly issues.

Camilla Lewis is Lecturer in Architectural Studies at the University of Manchester.

Chris Phillipson is Professor of Sociology and Social Gerontology at the University of Manchester.

Sophie Yarker is Research Fellow in the School of Social Science at the University of Manchester.

Luciana Lang is Research Associate in the School of Social Science at the University of Manchester.