ArticleInternational journal for equity in health2021
Tailoring interventions for social isolation among older persons during the COVID-19 pandemic: challenges and pathways to healthcare equity.
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- Structural marginalization of older adults within health care settings: a concept analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Living Alone as a Persistent Risk Factor for Smoking and High-Risk Drinking: A Three-Year Repeated Cross-Sectional Analysis Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Republic of Korea.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of a Participatory and Culturally Tailored Learning Program for Coronavirus Prevention in Muslim Older Adults With Hypertension and Diabetes: Quasi-Experimental Study.Asian/Pacific Island nursing journal · 2025Article
- Prioritizing Protecting Oneself Over the COVID-19 Virus Versus Other Health and Social Needs Among Older Adults Living Alone: A Qualitative Study.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- Web-Based Group Conversational Intervention on Cognitive Function and Comprehensive Functional Status Among Japanese Older Adults: Protocol for a 6-Month Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Transitions of care for older adults discharged home from the emergency department: an inductive thematic content analysis of patient comments.BMC geriatrics · 2024Observational
- PROTOCOL: In-person interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness: An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2023Article
- Profiles of socially isolated community-dwelling older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: A latent class analysis.Maturitas · 2023Article
- Is equity considered in systematic reviews of interventions for mitigating social isolation and loneliness in older adults?BMC public health · 2022Review
- Intergenerational programming during the pandemic: Transformation during (constantly) changing times.The Journal of social issues · 2022Article
- A Unified Model of Resilience and Aging: Applications to COVID-19.Frontiers in public health · 2022Review
- Virtual team-based care planning with older persons in formal care settings: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Exploring the Impact of The NEST Collaborative's Remote Social Intervention on Feelings of Depression and Isolation.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSocial isolation among older adults raises major issues for equity in healthcare in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. MAIN TEXT: This commentary describes current challenges in preventing social isolation among older adults and proposes pathways to develop inclusive approaches to intervention in this vulnerable population. Building interventions that take account of structural inequities among older persons, as well as their subjective experiences, expectations and perspectives, appears fundamental to improve their health and quality of life in pandemic and post-pandemic contexts.
conclusionsWe argue that equity-based and person-centered approaches are critical to counter the negative outcomes of social isolation in the vulnerable older population.
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