The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted civic life and upended daily routines. Coffee shops,
restaurants, recreation centers, parks, and other 'third places' that facilitate communal …

During the pandemic, many older adults felt 'out of place'in their home, work, and community
spaces with potentially long-term consequences for health and wellbeing. Using national …

Under COVID-19 restrictions, older people were advised to avoid social contact and to self-
isolate at home. The situation forced them to reconsider their everyday social spaces such …

Risk identification has been at the heart of media coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Less
consideration has been paid to the way that the media itself has (re) produced these risk …

This research sought to explore the meaning of, preferences for, and involvement in social
participation for older people living in nursing homes in Victoria, Australia. A qualitative …

This article explores the temporalities experienced by persons aged 70 years and over
during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland. Although the temporalities of …

Social relationships play a vital part in enabling a good life in old age. The meanings of
social relationships and the opportunities and restrictions associated with them are …

Functional ability and health are some of the factors that change in the way of a decline in
the ageing process, suggesting that older adults within different generational age groups …