A Double Burden of Exclusion? Digital and Social Exclusion of Older Adults in Times of COVID-19 | Zendy

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A Double Burden of Exclusion? Digital and Social Exclusion of Older Adults in Times of COVID-19

Author(s) -

Alexander Seifert,

Shelia R. Cotten,

Bo Xie

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

the journals of gerontology series b

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1758-5368

pISSN - 1079-5014

DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbaa098

Subject(s) - social exclusion , covid-19 , pandemic , gerontology , social contact , the internet , older people , long term care , psychology , medicine , political science , psychiatry , computer science , social psychology , virology , world wide web , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , law

The COVID-19 pandemic has excluded older adults from a society based on physical social contact. Vulnerable populations like older adults also tend to be excluded from digital services because they opt not to use the internet, lack necessary devices and network connectivity, or inexperience using the technology. Older adults who are frail and are not online, many of whom are in long-term care facilities, struggle with the double burden of social and digital exclusion. This paper discusses the potential outcomes of this exclusion and provides recommendations for rectifying the situation, with a particular focus on older adults in long-term care facilities.

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