Virtual Social Work Care with Older Black Adults: A Culturally Relevant Technology-Based Intervention to Reduce Social Isolation and Loneliness in a Time of Pandemic

Giwa, Sulaimon; Mullings, Delores V.; Karki, Karun K.

doi:10.1080/01634372.2020.1800885

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“…In addition to technology-based strategies, a range of additional approaches were discussed in the literature to address social isolation and loneliness. Recommended strategies to build upon the strengths and resilience of individuals included: encouraging participation in more outdoor activities (Dahlberg, 2021; Day et al, 2020; Hwang, Rabheru, Peisah, Reichman, & Ikeda, 2020), culturally and religiously grounded interventions (Giwa, Mullings, & Karki, 2020), and creative arts (Day et al, 2020). Psychological interventions (e.g., one-on-one interventions, cognitive behavioural therapy, meditation, life review therapy) were also recommended specifically to address loneliness (Conroy et al, 2020; Gorenko et al, 2021; Van Orden et al, 2020).…”

Section: Effects Of Social Isolation and Loneliness On Older Adults D...mentioning

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Older Adults and Social Isolation and Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrated Review of Patterns, Effects, and Interventions

Kadowaki

Wister

2022

Can. J. Aging

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A scoping review was conducted to identify patterns, effects, and interventions to address social isolation and loneliness among community-dwelling older adult populations during the COVID-19 pandemic. We also integrated (1) data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) and (2) a scan of Canadian grey literature on pandemic interventions. CLSA data showed estimated relative increases in loneliness ranging between 33 and 67 per cent depending on age/gender group. International studies also reported increases in levels of loneliness, as well as strong associations between loneliness and depression during the pandemic. Literature has primarily emphasized the use of technology-based interventions to reduce social isolation and loneliness. Application of socio-ecological and resilience frameworks suggests that researchers should focus on exploring the wider array of potential pandemic age-friendly interventions (e.g., outdoor activities, intergenerational programs, and other outreach approaches) and strength-based approaches (e.g., building community and system-level capacity) that may be useful for reducing social isolation and loneliness.

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Older Adults and Social Isolation and Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrated Review of Patterns, Effects, and Interventions

Kadowaki

Wister

2022

Can. J. Aging

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“…Social workers were required to have a paradigm shift in adopting ICT to deliver formal service by having diverse ICT options, a client-driven approach, and creativity (Mishna, Milne, Bogo, & Pereira, 2020). Practice examples included the following: telehealth in an Australian child adolescent mental health clinic (de Kam, 2020); an online family-based prevention program in the US (Cohen & Tisch, 2021); virtual social work care with older black adults in Canada (Giwa, Mullings, & Karki, 2020); a social media campaign in Lebanon titled “Humans discriminate, Viruses don’t” (Badran, 2020); and the use of the Internet to care for cadets by military social workers in Taiwan (Chiu & Yu, 2020). Technology training and creative strategies would be necessary for social workers to assist older adults in learning and using new telehealth and social engagement technologies (Gibson et al, 2020).…”

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Responses to COVID-19 in Major Social Work Journals: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies, Comments, and Editorials

Cheung

2021

Research on Social Work Practice

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Purpose: The main objective of this study was to provide a comprehensive overview of the latest studies on COVID-19related social work issues. Method: This systematic review aimed to collect, review, and synthesize all COVID-19related papers published in 43 major social work journals, a year after the first known case was reported. Results: The final sample ( n = 256) consisted of 85 research articles and 171 in other formats. All the studies involved a total of 46,195 research participants. The majority of papers (75.4%) could be accessed freely online. Service users including families, students, older adults, caregivers, refugees, patients, health care workers, etc. were either researched or discussed. Discussion: Gerontological social work was one of the fields that received ample attention. Papers published in the Journal of Gerontological Social Work yielded the highest number of citations. Academics and social workers came up with innovative ways of practicing and researching during the pandemic.

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“…Socially isolated employees are not on the workplace grapevine and miss out on social interaction (Marshall et al, 2007) and this might result in PS. They may also feel alienated and out of touch with their co-workers since they are physically distanced from them (Giwa et al, 2020). Furthermore, advice and informal conversation from the supervisor are also tricky while working virtually.…”

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“…, 2007) and this might result in PS. They may also feel alienated and out of touch with their co-workers since they are physically distanced from them (Giwa et al. , 2020).…”

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Workplace isolation during COVID-19 and work–family conflict among academicians: interplay of psychological stress and organizational identification

Shagirbasha

Iqbal

Madhan³

et al. 2023

IJM

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PurposeCOVID-19 pandemic has overturned the work and family life challenging the world in unpredictable ways that were previously unimaginable. With universities shutting down and emergence of online classes, this phenomenon is prevalent among academicians as well. With this background, the current study aims to investigate the direct relationships between workplace isolation (WPI) during COVID-19 and work–family conflict (WFC) with psychological stress (PS) mediating and organizational identification (OI) moderating the relationship between the two.Design/methodology/approachThe authors employed time lagged survey and collected data at three different time intervals (T1, T2, T3) from 203 academicians working across various universities and colleges in India. The data were analyzed quantitatively using SPSS PROCESS Macro and AMOS.FindingsThe results indicated that WPI during COVID-19 has a significant positive relationship with PS and WFC . It was also found that PS partially mediated the relationship between WPI during COVID-19 and WFC. Further, OI emerged as a potential moderator.Originality/valueBased on the current empirical studies, it remains unclear if WPI during COVID-19 is associated with WFC. Therefore, drawing upon stress–strain–outcome (SSO) model and the conservation of resource theory, this study makes a significant contribution to the existing body of literature by exploring the unexplored associations. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, such an association has not received much scholarly attention before.

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Virtual Social Work Care with Older Black Adults: A Culturally Relevant Technology-Based Intervention to Reduce Social Isolation and Loneliness in a Time of Pandemic

Cited by 11 publications

References 1 publication

Older Adults and Social Isolation and Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrated Review of Patterns, Effects, and Interventions

Older Adults and Social Isolation and Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Integrated Review of Patterns, Effects, and Interventions

Responses to COVID-19 in Major Social Work Journals: A Systematic Review of Empirical Studies, Comments, and Editorials

Workplace isolation during COVID-19 and work–family conflict among academicians: interplay of psychological stress and organizational identification

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