Affiliation:
1. S N Medical College and HSK Hospital, Bagalkote, Karnataka, India
Abstract
This would be the first instance where we would be using the online web-based training session for senior citizens and the caregivers to address the commonest health issues like depression, as a result of loneliness arising among the senior citizens during the lockdown period of CoVID-19 pandemic in India and the other issue is caregiver burden, stress and strain due to burnout because of continued caretaking. The article focusses on addressing the mental health issues arising in situations like the global pandemic, of CoVID-19 outbreak, among the senior residents and their caregivers. The lockdown period in India came along with mental health issues, which included depression in elderly with caregiver burnout and strain among the caregiver’s, due to excess caregiving. The above-mentioned health issues could have been addressed during the online training session. The tools involved here, would be web-based applications, conveyed through cell phones using this as a mode of delivery of the online training content, to the participants.
Publisher
IP Innovative Publication Pvt Ltd
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