Yaşlıların Pandemi Sürecindeki Biyopsikososyal Etkilenimleri

Abstract

Covid-19 virus was first seen in Wuhan, China and spread rapidly, WHO declared a pandemic on March 11. The pandemic process has caused a serious crisis all over the world. Covid-19 pandemic is a problem that affects everyone and causes significant losses both socially and personally, physically, mentally and economically. Many reasons such as the older adults, who are the disadvantaged group, being risky in terms of infection risk, needing support for both economic, social and health needs, social isolation, social exclusion, fear of the unknown, show the effect of the pandemic process on the older adults. In addition to physical and mental regressions, there is a significant increase in the need for protection and care in the older adults who cannot leave the house. It is necessary to reduce the negative effects of the pandemic in the older adults, to meet their care needs, to protect their participation in social life without interrupting them, and to ensure that they maintain their social dignity in this normal situation. When the pandemic puts a burden on the healthcare system and resources are not sufficient to cope with the needs of the entire population in the pandemic, the risk that age can be a negative factor should not be forgotten, and all older people should be treated with respect and love at these times. For this reason, knowing the effects of the older adults from the pandemic process will contribute to the regulation of care practices and to control the pandemic by reducing hospitalizations of the older adults. To reduce the negative effects of the pandemic in the elderly, to meet their care needs, to protect their participation in social life without interrupting them, to ensure that they can maintain their social dignity in this urgent, extraordinary and difficult situation will be provided by increasing pandemic awareness. This study has been planned to raise this awareness