Evidence indicates that older people with biological and social vulnerabilities are at high risk of short- and long-term consequences related to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, studies have also ...highlighted that the crisis may present opportunities for personal growth if older individuals are met with appropriate resources and support.
The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of older people regarding how individual, social, and environmental factors have supported or hindered their well-being and health during COVID-19.
We analyzed data collected between April-May and October-November 2021 from the Well-being, Interventions and Support during Epidemics (WISE) study, a qualitative investigation of community-dwellers based in Ireland and aged 65 years or over. Participants (
= 57) completed written submissions, narrative interviews and/or go-along interviews detailing their experiences during the pandemic. Framework analysis was carried out in NVivo 12 to identify determinants, linkages, and explanations within Bronfenbrenner's socio-ecological model.
The mean age of participants was 74.9 years, 53% were female, 45% lived alone, and 86% lived in areas with high urban influence. Our findings highlight the heterogeneous effect of COVID-19 across diverse older individuals who held distinct concerns, capabilities, and roles in society before and during the pandemic. Multi-scalar contextual characteristics such as individual's living arrangements, neighborhood social and built environments, as well as social expectations about aging and help seeking, had an influential role in participants' well-being and available supports. We identified mixed views regarding public health restrictions, but a consensus emerged questioning the suitability of one-size-fits-all approaches based on chronological age.
Our results suggest that some negative pandemic consequences could have been avoided by increasing collaboration with older people and with the provision of clearer communications. The interdependencies identified between individual characteristics and socio-ecological factors that influenced participants' availability of supports and development of adaptive strategies represent areas of opportunity for the development of age-friendly interventions during and beyond public health crises.
Literary critic Peter Craven continues his examination of three essential novels that powerfully capture the heroism of the Pioneers and the complexities of the Australian dream.
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Pioneer life comes alive Peter Craven
Review (Institute of Public Affairs (Australia) : 1997),
06/2023, Volume:
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Three classic tales put voices and faces to Australia's remarkable pioneers, in this first of a two-part essay by literary critic Peter Craven.
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Literary critic Peter Craven continues his examination of three essential novels that powerfully capture the heroism of the pioneers and the complexities of the Australian dream.The first instalment ...of this article in the Autumn 2023 edition of the IPA Review examined Jeannie Gunn’s 'We of the Never Never' and commenced analysis of Mary Durack’s 'Kings in Grass Castles'. Here, Peter Craven completes his analysis of 'Kings in Grass Castles', then examines Judith Wright’s 'The Generations of Men' (1959).
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Pioneer life comes alive Peter Craven
Review (Institute of Public Affairs (Australia) : 1997),
03/2023, Volume:
75, Issue:
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Three classic tales put voices and faces to Australia's remarkable pioneers, in this first of a two-part essay by literary critic Peter Craven.
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The poems that made us Peter Craven
Review (Institute of Public Affairs (Australia) : 1997),
03/2022, Volume:
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Our poets made a unique contribution to Australian nationhood, and on quality alone deserve to be celebrated, writes literary critic.
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The poems that made us Peter Craven
Review (Institute of Public Affairs (Australia) : 1997),
03/2022, Volume:
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Australian poetry occupies a strange position in Australian literature which is in some ways analogous to (of all things) Australian sport. If we ask why Australians -together with other dominion ...countries such as New Zealand and South Africa-are so good at sport, the answer is that we had to do it on our own. If you are going to become a great cricketing (and swimming and tennis) nation, and if you are going to create a spectacular code of football like Australian Rules or excel at Rugby Union in the manner of the All Blacks or the Springboks, it will positively help if you are an infinite distance from the world you take your bearings from. You are not going to see the great stage stars of your time -the Henry Irvings and Sarah Bernhardts- nor will you find it easy to muster the confidence to equal them (despite the odd figure like Melba), but you have to entertain yourself somehow and sports games are a natural extension of selfdiversion and it happens to be the case that organised sport-the different football codes, for instance-were getting underway when the gold rush in Victoria was transforming these colonies.
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Distinctly Australian Peter Craven
Review (Institute of Public Affairs (Australia) : 1997),
12/2021, Volume:
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An Australian 'Canon within a Canon' is problematic yet essential for appreciating the classics and recognising new ones.
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