A Double Burden of Exclusion? Digital and Social Exclusion of Older Adults in Times of COVID-19-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

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

Published:2020-07-16 Issue:3 Volume:76 Page:e99-e103
ISSN:1079-5014
Container-title:The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
language:en
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Author:

Seifert Alexander¹^ORCID,Cotten Shelia R²,Xie Bo³⁴

Affiliation:

1. Center of Gerontology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2. Department of Media and Information, Michigan State University, East Lansing

3. School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin

4. School of Information, University of Texas at Austin

Abstract

Abstract 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.

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Subject

Geriatrics and Gerontology,Gerontology,Clinical Psychology,Social Psychology

Link

http://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/advance-article-pdf/doi/10.1093/geronb/gbaa098/33568483/gbaa098.pdf

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