This paper investigates how formal and informal caregiving disruptions-due to the U.K. government's non -pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) aimed at reducing transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus-may have affected the likelihood of psychological distress among older individuals. We model the association between disruption of formal and informal care and mental health of the elderly during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic using a recursive simultaneous -equation model for binary variables. Our findings reveal that public interventions, which are most essential for reducing the pandemic spread, influenced the provision of formal and informal care. The lack of adequate long-term care following the COVID-19 outbreak has also had negative repercussions on the psychological well-being of these adults.

(2023). The impact of informal and formal care disruption on older adults' psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK [journal article - articolo]. In ECONOMICS AND HUMAN BIOLOGY. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/255230

The impact of informal and formal care disruption on older adults' psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK

Martini, Gianmaria;Sturaro, Caterina
2023-01-01

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This paper investigates how formal and informal caregiving disruptions-due to the U.K. government's non -pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) aimed at reducing transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus-may have affected the likelihood of psychological distress among older individuals. We model the association between disruption of formal and informal care and mental health of the elderly during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic using a recursive simultaneous -equation model for binary variables. Our findings reveal that public interventions, which are most essential for reducing the pandemic spread, influenced the provision of formal and informal care. The lack of adequate long-term care following the COVID-19 outbreak has also had negative repercussions on the psychological well-being of these adults.
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2023
Di Novi, Cinzia; Martini, Gianmaria; Sturaro, Caterina Maria Fanny
(2023). The impact of informal and formal care disruption on older adults' psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in UK [journal article - articolo]. In ECONOMICS AND HUMAN BIOLOGY. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10446/255230
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