Marina V. Kornilova. Personal Resources of Adapting the Elderly to the Limitations of the COVID-19 Pandemiс. Social politics and sociology. Vol. 20. No. 2(139). P. 107–115. DOI: 10.17922 ...

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Abstract

The relevance of the topic is determined by the unprecedented restrictions (associated with the spread of COVID-19) on leaving home and personal communication, primarily for the older people. Particular interest is in studying of personal resources elderly Russians needed for living in new conditions, the list of which is based on existing classifications and supplemented by empirical data obtained as a result of a survey by the Public Opinion Foundation on the new lifestyle of Russians during the spread of the coronavirus pandemic (April 2020). The indicators are conditionally summarized in four resource blocks: family and household, material and labor, behavioral, psychological. The article shows how the adaptive capabilities of older people depend on the resources they have. According to the results of the study, specifics of adaptation of the older generation to the limitations of the pandemic based on the characteristics of living, labor activity and self-determination, attitude to the self-isolation regime and the reasons for compliance with quarantine measures, the emotional state and features of the perception of a new lifestyle.