Adaptation of elderly people and various inequalities in the post-pandemic time
The article studies situational inequalities emerged during the pandemic and peculiarities of adaptation of elderly people in the post-pandemic time. The research focuses on everyday projections of inequalities of elderly people living separately in the federal city and rural areas. To examine inequ...
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | Russian |
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State University of Management
2023
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| Online Access: | https://vestnik.guu.ru/jour/article/view/4666 https://doi.org/10.26425/1816-4277-2023-8-193-200 |
| Summary: | The article studies situational inequalities emerged during the pandemic and peculiarities of adaptation of elderly people in the post-pandemic time. The research focuses on everyday projections of inequalities of elderly people living separately in the federal city and rural areas. To examine inequalities, the paper uses microsociological optics. It made it possible to analyze how structural inequalities affect the lives of the elderly and what are the ways to adapt after the pandemic that triggered the processes of protection and self-preservation. The empirical base of the study is 30 semi-structured interviews collected in 2022 in St. Petersburg and villages of the Republic of Karelia. The article describes such situational inequalities as digital inequalities, inequalities in accessing and receiving information, spatial inequalities, and inequalities in receiving medical care as main inequalities. The study concludes that emotional reflection, availabilities of hobbies or emergence of new ones, revision of previous resources, types of communication and ways of solving problems, shift of focus from caring for family and relatives to caring for themselves create positive opportunities for adaptation for older people. В статье рассматриваются возникшие в период пандемии ситуационные неравенства и особенности адаптации к ним пожилых людей в постпандемийное время. В исследовательском фокусе находятся повседневные проекции неравенств пожилых людей, проживающих отдельно в городе федерального значения и сельской местности. Для рассмотрения неравенств в работе используется микросоциологическая оптика, которая позволила проанализировать, как структурные неравенства влияют на жизнь пожилых и какие существуют способы адаптации после пандемии, запустившей процессы защиты и самосохранения. Эмпирической базой исследования выступают 30 полуструктурированных интервью, которые были собраны в 2022 г. в городе федерального значения Санкт-Петербурге и селах Республики Карелия. В качестве основных неравенств в статье описаны ... |
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