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COVID‐19 and social work practice for older adults in China
Author(s) -
Lin Wenyi,
Yin Wanxia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian social work and policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.286
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1753-1411
pISSN - 1753-1403
DOI - 10.1111/aswp.12221
Subject(s) - china , covid-19 , social work , government (linguistics) , work (physics) , social care , economic growth , aged care , elder care , gerontology , nursing , public administration , political science , medicine , economics , virology , law , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , disease , engineering , pathology , outbreak , infectious disease (medical specialty)
After the spread of COVID‐19, the Chinese central government has issued a series of policies and regulations to guide the prevention and control of the epidemic in the elderly care industry. Social workers provided a series of services for older adults in nursing homes and in the community. All efforts made by government agencies and social workers have helped older adults go through the difficult time.