Quarantine, introduced due to a coronavirus pandemic, inflicted mental and physical injuries to the elderly, this is stated in the study of the British charitable organization Age UK, writes Daily Mail.
According to sociologists, millions of people can never recover from problems that have appeared during the months of imprisonment alone due to COVID-19.
Organization in February 2021 interviewed almost 15 million people who need care, as well as those who look after them. A quarter of them (about 3.7 million) stated that during Quarantine was experiencing physical pain. Social isolation, immobility and rejection of the usual lifestyle left “deep scars”. 17 percent of respondents (2.7 million) experienced difficulties with movement and worse standing on their feet, and 12 percent (1.9 million) felt dependent. In addition, 22 percent (3.2 million) has become more difficult to memorize important things, and 43 percent (6.9 million) – felt a smaller motivation to do what they like.
Many have lost confidence and can not cope with their homework themselves. So, 54 percent of older people (8.7 million) felt less confident when visiting the hospital, and 37 percent (six million) were lost during the visit of doctors.
One of the survey participants told that he was depressed. “I often sit, cry and wonder how I can live on,” he added. “After almost 80 years, there have been panic attacks on the planet,” the other research participant admitted. A woman who looks close to Elderly Briton, noted that the ward had a worse, there were failures in memory.
“It is still too early to say how old the elderly will be able to recover from a pandemic, but at least it will be difficult,” Karoline Abrahams Charitable Organization (Caroline Abrahams) has been added.
Previously, the Deputy Head of the Federal Medical and Biological Agency of Russia Tatyana Yakovleva clarified that people who had risen Coronavirus risk to face depression. The condition can delay even for a year and lead to exacerbation of other diseases.