The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in the level of contact between older parents and their non-coresident children: A European study

Vergauwen, Jorik; Delaruelle, Katrijn; Dykstra, Pearl A.; Bracke, Piet; Mortelmans, Dimitri

doi:10.20377/jfr-695

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“…This paper, based on wave 6, showed the generation of active ageing profiles, and we assume that the changes in the two following waves would be smaller due to the short difference in dates. However, the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak could have altered older adults behaviors and quality of life due to i) the consequences of the impact of the disease, and ii) the measures imposed for preventing the spread of the coronavirus, showed by other research [139][140][141][142][143][144][145]. In this sense, the SHARE-ERIC designed and developed the SHARE-COVID19 survey (1 and 2 waves) (http://www.share-project.org/ share-covid19.html) with the objective of identifying the lockdown effects over older-adult population.…”

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Active ageing profiles among older adults in Spain: A Multivariate analysis based on SHARE study

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Background Following the active ageing model based on the Health, Lifelong Learning, Participation and Security pillars, this research has a twofold objective: i) to classify older adults according to active ageing profiles, taking into account the four pillars, and ii) to ascertain the relationship between the profiles and personal and contextual factors, as well as well-being and quality of life in old age. Methods A study sample of 5,566 Spanish older adults who participated in wave 6 of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) was included. Data were analysed in different steps applying several statistical analyses (Principal Component, Cluster, Discriminant, Multiple Correspondence and bivariate analysis with Pearson chi-square and ANOVA). Results Five older adult profiles were obtained (I: with moderate activity; II: quasi-dependents; III: with active ageing-limiting conditions; IV: with diverse and balanced activity; V: with excellent active ageing conditions). The first three profiles were characterised by subjects with a high average age, low educational level, who were retired or housewives, and who perceived a moderate level of loneliness, satisfaction with the social network and quality of life, as well as having a larger family network, but living in small households or alone. In contrast, the latter two profiles showed better personal and contextual conditions, well-being and quality of life. Discussion and conclusions The multidimensional approach to active ageing followed in this article has revealed the presence of several older adult profiles, which are confined to groups with better or worse active ageing conditions. In this context, if ageing is a process that reflects the previous way of life, intervention priorities will have to consider actions that promote better conditions during the life cycle.

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Active ageing profiles among older adults in Spain: A Multivariate analysis based on SHARE study

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“…Furthermore, our research sheds light on intergenerational contact dynamics during the pandemic. While previous research on intergenerational contact mostly focused on the first wave of the pandemic [ 15 , 20 , 30 , 31 ], when there were strong restrictions to face-to-face interactions with other people, it is important to also analyze intergenerational contact in other phases of the pandemic. Indeed, intergroup contact habits might change over time, and reduction in intergenerational contact in a specific time point might have long lasting effects.…”

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“…Similarly, Podhorecka et al [ 32 ] found that only a minority of Polish respondents diminished or avoided contact with older people (data collected in February 2021). However, Vergauwen et al [ 31 ] and Podhorecka et al [ 32 ] did not distinguish between direct vs. telephone and online contact in their analysis. Instead, Arpino, Pasqualini, and Bordone [ 20 ] distinguished between physical (direct, face-to-face) and non-physical (e.g., video-calls, instant messaging) contact, and analyzed older people’s intergenerational contact during the first lockdown in Italy, Spain, and France (April 2020).…”

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“…McDarby, Ju, and Carpenter [ 30 ] assessed different forms of contact (via telephone and online platforms) between American young adults and their grandparents (April 2020) and found that telephone and online contact increased during the pandemic compared to before the pandemic, mainly because of worry about grandparents. Vergauwen et al [ 31 ] examined a large cross-country dataset (June–July 2020) on older adults’ contact with non-cohabitating children and found that overall contact did not decrease during the pandemic, but rather increased for a large proportion of respondents and decreased only for a minority of respondents. Similarly, Podhorecka et al [ 32 ] found that only a minority of Polish respondents diminished or avoided contact with older people (data collected in February 2021).…”

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Are You Willing to Protect the Health of Older People? Intergenerational Contact and Ageism as Predictors of Attitudes toward the COVID-19 Vaccination Passport

Visintin

Tasso

2022

IJERPH

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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the vulnerability of older people to COVID-19 has been stressed in political discourse and the mass media, with the call to protect older adults. Therefore, policies aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus, such as the COVID-19 vaccination passport policy, might be perceived as policies aimed at preserving the health of older people, and negative attitudes toward older people (i.e., ageism) might underlie negative attitudes toward such policies. While intergenerational contact is one of the main antecedents of reduced ageism, the pandemic has forced people to separate, and direct intergenerational contact in particular might have been reduced, possibly being replaced by telephone and virtual contact. In a correlational study (N = 153 Italian university students) we found that quantity and quality of direct intergenerational contact diminished during the pandemic. Virtual intergenerational contact was unexpectedly less frequent than direct contact. Quality of direct contact before the pandemic was associated, over and above the effects of other contact forms under investigation, with reduced ageism, which was in turn associated with negative attitude toward the vaccination passport. Findings will be discussed focusing on the roles of intergenerational contact and ageism for public health.

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“…People with a higher number of (in-person) social contacts seem to have more occasions to provide instrumental help to others. Vergauwen et al ( 2022 ) found that, despite stringent contact policies during the COVID-19 pandemic, older adults were generally not likely to experience a decrease in contacts and assumed that increased support (including digital contacts) for parents might explain this effect. Further, reciprocity is seen to play an important role in the exchange of social support.…”

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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of instrumental help by older people across Europe

Bergmann

Hecher²,

Sommer³

2022

Front. Sociol.

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The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 introduced new challenges to social cohesion across Europe. Epidemiological control measures instituted in almost all European countries have impacted the possibility to provide help to others. In addition, individual characteristics contributed to whether individuals were able and willing to provide help to or receive help from others. Against this background, we focus on how private support networks of individuals aged 50 years and older across Europe were directly or indirectly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus of the paper is on the supply side. While the older population has been mainly perceived as recipients of instrumental help in the COVID-19 pandemic, the paper examines the patterns of providing instrumental help to others by the older generations and their changes during the pandemic. Has the provision of instrumental help increased or decreased in the course of the COVID-19 crisis? Have the groups of recipients changed during the pandemic? What were key determinants for helping others in 2021 as compared to the first phase of the pandemic 1 year before? And how did this differ across countries with different degrees of affectedness by COVID-19? To answer these questions, we analyzed representative data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and, in particular, the two waves of the SHARE Corona Survey, fielded in 27 European countries and Israel in 2020 and 2021. Results based on data from more than 45,000 respondents aged 50+ showed that help from children to parents has strongly increased in the first phase of the pandemic, while the opposite (parents helping their children) has decreased–especially in countries that have been hit hardest by the pandemic in 2020. This changed with the continuing crisis. Instrumental help provided to non-kin that was common in Western Europe in the first phase of the pandemic, yielding an optimistic view of increasing solidarity after the outbreak of COVID-19, strongly decreased 1 year later. Our findings provide a contribution to comparative research on micro- and macro-determinants that are crucial for the understanding of intergenerational support in times of crisis.

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The COVID-19 pandemic and changes in the level of contact between older parents and their non-coresident children: A European study

Cited by 12 publications

References 51 publications

Active ageing profiles among older adults in Spain: A Multivariate analysis based on SHARE study

Active ageing profiles among older adults in Spain: A Multivariate analysis based on SHARE study

Are You Willing to Protect the Health of Older People? Intergenerational Contact and Ageism as Predictors of Attitudes toward the COVID-19 Vaccination Passport

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of instrumental help by older people across Europe

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