A national survey on COVID-19 second-wave lockdowns on older adults' mental wellbeing, health-seeking behaviours and social outcomes across Australia

J Siette, K Seaman, L Dodds, K Ludlow, C Johnco… - BMC geriatrics, 2021 - Springer
… the second wave of COVID-19 cases on older Australians’ quality of … At time of data collection,
Victoria’s second COVID-19 … and were at risk of social isolation. Our Victorian sample had …

Stress and coping in older Australians during COVID-19: Health, service utilization, grandparenting, and technology use

PA Strutt, CJ Johnco, J Chen, C Muir… - Clinical …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Older people were encouraged to stay at home as much as possible to slow the spread of
COVID-19, including limiting time … questionnaire) and during COVID-19 quarantine (“a month …

Older adults' community participation, physical activity, and social interactions during and following COVID-19 restrictions in Australia: a mixed methods approach

C Gough, C Barr, LK Lewis, C Hutchinson, A Maeder… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
… adults during and following periods of COVID-19 restrictions. … of older Australian adults
who were not lonely at baseline, which raises concerns for those who were socially isolated and/…

… a window on the world and lessened my feeling of isolation”: older adults' perceived COVID-19 impact and technology use in Australia during recurrent lockdowns

J Siette, K Ludlow, L Dodds, P Strutt, V Wuthrich - BMC geriatrics, 2024 - Springer
… previous research amongst the Australian population which highlighted time to connect with
… Findings from this study offer a better understanding of how older Australians experienced …

COVID-19: the implications for suicide in older adults

APF Wand, BL Zhong, HFK Chiu, B Draper… - International …, 2020 - cambridge.org
… in older people and the COVID-19 pandemic, provide the perspectives of psychiatrists from
four regions (China, Hong Kong, Italy, and Australia) … of the quarantine period; ensuring older

COVID-19 and psychogeriatrics: the view from Australia

NA Pachana, E Beattie, GJ Byrne… - International …, 2020 - cambridge.org
… , the COVID-19 pandemic and the extensive unplanned at sea and quarantine periods
required worldwide highlight the need for a greater level of focus on support of older passengers …

[PDF][PDF] Implications of COVID-19 for an ageing population

NR Holt, JT Neumann, JJ McNeil, AC Cheng, HE Unit… - Med J Aust, 2020 - mja.com.au
… population (9), it is projected that if 0.5 million Australians were infected with COVID-19, that
… A review of quarantine measures for COVID-19 identified quarantine duration, inadequate …

[HTML][HTML] “Keeping our distance”: Older adults' experiences during year one of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown in Australia

AS Gilbert, SM Garratt, B Brijnath, J Ostaszkiewicz… - Journal of Aging …, 2023 - Elsevier
isolating themselves from others, despite being aware that the risk of acquiring COVID-19 in
the Australian community was low at the time… how for many older Australians, their position …

[HTML][HTML] Physical isolation and loneliness: Evidence from COVID lock-downs in Australia

N Kong, J Lam - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2024 - Elsevier
… This substantial variation in treatment time forms the basis for … Their findings indicated that
older individuals were less likely … on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on economic well-…

Ensuring older Australians remain socially connected during the COVID-19 isolation period

A Page, S Sperandei, MJ Spittal… - Australian & New …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
… The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent policy responses in the Australian context have
resulted in substantial changes to the way in which communities are currently functioning and …