Open AccessThe Necessity of Community Connectedness in Iranian Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Samira Olyani,
Hadi Tehrani
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of geriatric medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2630-5259
DOI - 10.30564/jgm.v3i2.3889
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , social connectedness , residence , outbreak , gerontology , psychology , medicine , demography , sociology , social psychology , virology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology
In last decade, COVID-19 outbreak was one of the major crises encountered the world(1). During the COVID-19 pandemic, Iranian people have been advised to stay at home and far away others. If it is essential to leave their residence, people have been urged to avoid gathering and maintain physical distance from others. Community disconnectedness for older adults was primary prevention specially for elders with comorbidities (2). For the first time, most of Iranian older adults were experiencing an unwanted and prolonged separation from others.