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    Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Self-Perception of Aging Among Older Adults
    (SAGE, 26.02.2021) Seifert, Alexander
    The COVID-19 pandemic has created a pattern of physical distancing worldwide, particularly for adults aged 65+. Such distancing can evoke subjective feelings of negative self-perception of aging (SPA) among older adults, but how this pandemic has influenced such SPA is not yet known. This study, therefore, explored SPA at different time phases of the COVID-19 pandemic to explain the pandemic’s impact on SPA among older adults. The analysis employed a sample of 1,990 community-dwelling older adults aged 65 to 95 (mean age = 72.74 years; 43% female) in Switzerland. Data collection from different older adults within one study occurred both before and after Switzerland’s first confirmed COVID-19 case. The descriptive analysis revealed that negative SPA increased, and positive SPA decreased, after the Swiss government recommended physical distancing. After the Federal Council decided to ease these measures, negative SPA slightly decreased and positive SPA increased. According to the multivariate analysis, individuals interviewed after the lockdown were more likely to report greater levels of negative SPA and lower levels of positive SPA. Age, income, and living alone also correlated with SPA. The results suggest that the pandemic has affected older adults’ subjective views of their own aging, and these findings help illustrate the pandemic’s outcomes.
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    Digitally Savvy at the Home Office. Computer Skills of Older Workers During the COVID-19 Pandemic Across Europe
    (Frontiers, 26.04.2022) König, Ronny; Seifert, Alexander
    Digital skills can be a valuable resource in work life, especially in such times as the current COVID-19 pandemic, during which working from home has become new reality. Although increasing numbers of older employees (aged 50 years and above) are using digital technologies to work remotely, many of these older adults still have generally lower digital skills. Whether the pandemic will be a push factor for the acquisition of computer skills in late working life remains unclear. This study investigated the explanatory factors of the computer skills gained by older workers who were working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, using representative data for 28 countries from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The analysis of the survey responses of 11,042 employed persons aged 50 years and older revealed that, 13% worked only at home due to the pandemic, while 15% said they worked at home and in their usual workplace. The descriptives indicate that full-time homeworking is more of an option among those with tertiary education and who already have some computer skills. Of the older employees who worked only at home, 36% reported an improvement in their computer skills, whereas of the older workers who worked at home and at their usual workplaces, only 29% reported such an improvement. Our results based on logistic regressions suggest that significantly more women, younger employees, respondents with tertiary educational qualifications, and those whose work was not affected by unemployment or even business closure acquired new computer skills, regardless of whether they were working permanently or only partly from home. The study underlines the importance of investigating the possible digital skills gained from the home office situation resulting from the pandemic.
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    Soziale Arbeit in der Covid-19 Pandemie. Eine empirische Studie zur Arbeitssituation, Belastung und Gesundheit von Fachpersonen der Sozialen Arbeit in der Schweiz. Ergebnisbericht
    (Hochschule für Soziale Arbeit FHNW, 04/2021) Sommerfeld, Peter; Hess, Nadja; Bühler, Sarah
    Die quantitative Studie vermittelt einen ersten empirischen Blick auf die Folgen der Covid-19-Pandemie für die Soziale Arbeit in der Schweiz. Die Ergebnisse der durchgeführten Online-Befragung zeigen auf, dass sich die Covid-19- Pandemie erheblich auf das Handlungsfeld der Sozialen Arbeit auswirkt. Die Kommunikation zu anderen Fachpersonen wie auch zu den Klient*innen hat sich verändert, für viele zum Negativen. Eine erhöhte Problemlast und eine erhöhte Nachfrage auf Seiten der Klient*innen, sowie veränderte Arbeitsabläufe und Arbeitsbedingungen führen zu zusätzlichem Arbeitsaufwand und Mehrarbeit. Es zeigt sich, dass viele Befragte gut mit den Veränderungen umgehen können. Der Umgang mit den digitalen Technologien und den damit zusammenhängenden Umstellungen wie z.B. Homeoffice, lässt ein Bild von einer Profession zeichnen, die sich den Herausforderungen der Covid-19-Pandemie stellt und mit Engagement versucht, diese Krise und deren Folgen für die Adressat*innen und die Arbeitssituation zu bewältigen. Gleichzeitig zeichnet sich ab, dass die hohe Arbeitsbelastung unter den aktuellen Umständen bei jedem/jeder Dritten dazu führt, dass sie von einem starken Risiko betroffen sind, an einem Burnout zu erkranken.
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