Older Views: inequality, uncertainty and opportunities in the pandemic. Province of Catamarca. Year 2021.

Abstract

The WHO declared a state of pandemic in 2020 with the arrival of COVID-19, the virus made no distinction, however, the older adult population was the most prone to contagion. Older adults under the health guidelines were considered a vulnerable population and guidelines such as confinement and social distancing caused some implications for their health and social wellbeing. The purpose of the work is to carry out a descriptive analysis based on the view that older adults had on inequality, uncertainty and opportunities  during the confinement and social distancing of the pandemic in the city of Catamarca. The variables sex, age, socio-economic  situation and physical and emotional health status were taken as analysis parameters. The methodological strategy is quantitative with a mixed approach (quantitative-qualitative), the study sample is intentional, non-probabilistic, in which adults participated; and the self-made survey was used as a data collection technique. As a result, it is observed that during the confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic, although older adults felt fear of the virus, which was in stages, but through different mechanisms they were able to overcome the situation and lift their spirits by participating in different comprehensive activities. The research allows us to conclude that the socioeconomic situation marks a parameter of access/deaccess to obtain the resources, but the socio-family  structures as factors of social, economic and health containment were decisive in overcoming socio-sanitary problems during confinement and social distancing.