Advanced International Journal for Research

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Life Of Older Adults Post Covid-19

Author(s) Ms. Akancha Pandey, Prof. Pramod Kumar Gupta
Country India
Abstract The Covid-19 pandemic has released the chain of destruction for the whole world and the society lost its social order. The pandemic has restricted the face to face interaction of human beings and introduced new concepts like social distancing, quarantine and self-isolation. Children and older were considered to be the most vulnerable to the virus. The focus area of the article is to explore how the pandemic has affected the everyday life of the elderly and their coping mechanisms post Covid-19. The pandemic had brought horrific situations for the aged where they had to face lockdown in the country, leaving them in a psychological distress. The pandemic has passed with so many after effects where many elderly have lost their spouses, children and closed ones and as a result bringing them in a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The study has two objectives such as to explore the change in the quality of life of the elderly post covid-19. And to study comparatively the change in the lifestyle of rural and urban elderly post Covid-19. The study followed qualitative in-depth interviews where the case study of five respondents each from rural and urban areas of lucknow district has been collected to analyze the changes in their lifestyle post covid-19.
Keywords Covid-19, Older, Quality of life, PTSD, Quarantine, Social Distancing
Field Arts
Published In Volume 7, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On 2026-02-09

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