Background To halt the spread of COVID-19, Austria implemented a 7-week 'lockdown'in
March/April 2020. We assess whether the ensuing reduction in social contacts led to …

The outbreak of the global COVID-19 pandemic has drastically altered people's lives.
Loneliness and social isolation were publicly discussed as possible psychological …

Summary The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to impact mental
health and wellbeing globally. There is a lack of scientific documentation highlighting the …

The precautionary measures and uncertainties surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have
serious psychological impacts on peoples' mental health. We used longitudinal data from …

Background Social isolation has been recommended for reducing older adults' mortality and
severe cases of COVID illness. That has resulted in unavoidable consequences of mental ill …

Older adults were advised to avoid social activities during the outbreak of COVID-19.
Consequently, they no longer received the social and emotional support they had gained …

Purpose During the COVID-19 pandemic older adults are asked to maintain physical
distancing, which can be linked to loneliness. While older people are encouraged to use …

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an acceleration in the development of
web-based interventions to alleviate related mental health impacts. The current study …

Intergenerational programs have long been employed to reduce ageism and optimize youth
and older adult development. Most involve in‐person meetings, which COVID‐19 …

Objectives To examine the early impact of the pandemic and of quarantine measures
targeting older adults introduced in March 2020 on loneliness among older adults in …