COVID-19, Inequality and Older People: Developing Community-Centred Interventions

Christopher Phillipson, Sophie Yarker, Luciana Lang, Patty Doran, Mhorag Goff and Tine Buffel
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Christopher Phillipson: School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Sophie Yarker: School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Luciana Lang: School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Patty Doran: School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Mhorag Goff: Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
Tine Buffel: School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 15, 1-14

Abstract: This paper considers the basis for a ‘community-centred’ response to COVID-19. It highlights the pressures on communities weakened by austerity, growing inequalities, and cuts to social infrastructure. This paper examines the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on low-income communities, whilst highlighting the extent to which they have been excluded from debates about policies to limit the spread of COVID-19. This paper examines four approaches to assist the inclusion of neighbourhoods in strategies to tackle the pandemic: promoting community participation; recruiting advocates for those who are isolated; creating a national initiative for supporting community-centred activity; and developing policies for the long-term. This paper concludes with questions which society and communities will need to address given the potential continuation of measures to promote physical distancing.

Keywords: COVID-19; community participation; inequality; low income; older people; social infrastructure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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