Publication: Social Resilience and Community-Based Healthcare for Older Adults During COVID-19: A Phenomenological Case Study
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Issued Date
2024-06-01
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ISSN
01635158
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1936606X
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85181230881
Journal Title
Ageing International
Volume
49
Issue
2
Start Page
351
End Page
373
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SCOPUS
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Ageing International Vol.49 No.2 (2024) , 351-373
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Phukrongpet P., Daovisan H., Wannachot W., Rattanasuteerakul K. Social Resilience and Community-Based Healthcare for Older Adults During COVID-19: A Phenomenological Case Study. Ageing International Vol.49 No.2 (2024) , 351-373. 373. doi:10.1007/s12126-023-09547-4 Retrieved from: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14740/20234
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Abstract
This study aims to explore the role of social resilience in providing community-based healthcare to older adults in Northeast Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic. Purposive sampling was used to recruit 20 community-dwelling older adults in Maha Sarakham province, Thailand, and semi-structured interviews were conducted from 2020 to 2021. Interview transcripts were analyzed using an interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) approach with multiple coders to triangulate findings. The results of the IPA show that, during the pandemic, social resilience was related to social distancing, social isolation, social control, social safety, and social support. The respondents identified that providing community-based healthcare during the pandemic was associated with primary care, rehabilitative care, healthcare delivery, health behaviors, and distress intolerance. These findings highlight that social reciprocity, preventative healthcare, residential care, and good healthcare practices are important aspects of resilience among community-dwelling older adults in times of pandemic.