COVID-19 lockdowns prompted countless American seniors to become socially isolated.
lockdowns prompted countless American seniors to become socially isolated.More than half of older adults still spend more time at home and less time out socializing in public, even though the pandemic has passed, researchers found.
“The pandemic is not over for a lot of folks,” said lead researcher Jessica Finlay, an assistant professor of geography at University of Colorado Boulder. For the study, Finlay and her colleagues surveyed nearly 7,000 people over 55 from all 50 states. The researchers check in with surveys annually, asking open-ended questions about how people are spending their time post-pandemic.
Although these results come from a poll two years ago, the most recent survey taken in spring 2023 showed similar trends, researchers said. More than half of seniors report that their routines remain altered post-pandemic.There are signs that seniors are taking steps to create a “new normal.”“I like to walk and then we have a weight station out in the barn and a treadmill downstairs,” Nancy, a 67-year-old rural resident, told researchers. “Also there's a dead-end road that I can go down.
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