Loneliness in the time of COVID‐19: Impact on older adults

Rodney, Tamar; Josiah, Nia; Baptiste, Diana Lyn

doi:10.1111/jan.14856

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“…Nurse researchers were quick to scrutinize and synthesis the literature to ascertain the presenting signs and symptoms of adult hospitalized patients with COVID‐19 at a time when still little was known about the virus (Keller et al, 2020 ). There has been considerable recognition of the needs of particular populations such as older adults and those living with chronic conditions (Rodrigues et al, 2022 ; Ryan & Meskell, 2022 ; Searby & Burr, 2021 ), as well as the effects of visitor restrictions in community and health settings (Rodney et al, 2021 ), and particularly on the effects and impacts of these restrictions on minority populations (Altman et al, 2021 ). Issues such as loneliness (Rodney et al, 2021 ), attitudes and views on vaccination (Burden et al, 2021 ) and health disparity (Jackson et al, 2021 ; James et al, 2021 ) have been raised and interrogated in relation to the COVID‐19 pandemic.…”

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Reflections on nursing research focusing on the COVID‐19 pandemic

Jackson

2022

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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The COVID-19 pandemic has consumed nursing for more than 2 years now. Nurses have been and remain at the heart of the response to the pandemic--nurses are central to preventative, curative and palliative activities associated with COVID-19, and have taken these roles on in addition to their usual roles. Nurses of all levels and career stages have responded to and been affected by the pandemic--from students of nursing, through to academic and executive nurses (Heilferty et al., 2021;Ion et al., 2021;Riddell et al., 2022). Nurse researchers have also been very responsive to the pandemic. Like many other nursing and health journals, the Journal of Advanced Nursing has received literally hundreds of manuscripts focused on the pandemic, and we have published more than 200 papers on the COVID-19 pandemic over the past 2 years. These papers have come from all over the world and have focused on many areas of interest, but the most dominant topic by far has been on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nursing workforce.Effects on the nursing workforce have been felt internationally-the hundreds of papers we have published shows that there is not an area of nursing or a geographical location that has escaped the effects of the pandemic.

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Reflections on nursing research focusing on the COVID‐19 pandemic

Jackson

2022

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“…It thus presents a serious problem that family physicians and nurses miss such opportunities by overlooking or misjudging the loneliness of their patients. The COVID-19 pandemic has made the roles of family physicians and nurses more crucial than ever in preventing and detecting loneliness, as well as supporting people who suffer from it ( Lahlou & Daaleman, 2021 ; Rodney, Josiah, & Baptiste, 2021 ).…”

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Primary health care practitioners’ perception of patient loneliness in Japanese older adults: A cross-sectional study

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“…The situation experienced during the pandemic caused emotional distress and anxiety. The impact of loneliness has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic in all parts of the world ( Rodney et al, 2021 ). The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have been many, but at the societal level, many older adults who are socially isolated and live in community settings have been a high-risk group.…”

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Older Women’s Loneliness and Depression Decreased by a Reminiscence Program in Times of COVID-19

2022

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The confinement caused by the current COVID-19 pandemic protects physical health, but in turn, has a long-lasting and far-reaching negative psychosocial impact; anxiety, stress, fear and depressive symptoms. All of these have a particular impact on vulnerable older people, putting them at serious risk of loneliness. Women report feeling lonelier than men, affecting women to a greater extent. The present study aims to analyze the efficacy of an integrative reminiscence intervention in older women living in nursing homes to reduce the effects of loneliness and depression after COVID-19. 34 older women living in nursing homes are included into study and were divided into intervention group (N = 14) and control group (N = 20). Results showed a significant reduction in perception of loneliness, depression and better positive affects, after the intervention. The pandemic has not yet finished and the most affected group has been the people living in nursing homes. These results show the need for evidence of interventions that can help the recovery of these people who have been so affected. The effects of loneliness during confinement and its psychological effects can be mitigated through such programs.

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Loneliness in the time of COVID‐19: Impact on older adults

Cited by 24 publications

References 7 publications

Reflections on nursing research focusing on the COVID‐19 pandemic

Reflections on nursing research focusing on the COVID‐19 pandemic

Primary health care practitioners’ perception of patient loneliness in Japanese older adults: A cross-sectional study

Older Women’s Loneliness and Depression Decreased by a Reminiscence Program in Times of COVID-19

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