Quarantined senior citizens and the impact of technology on their life

Abstract

In 2020, society was plagued by the presence of an epidemic that had economic, political and social consequences worldwide. In Brazil, the impacts were felt from the first months of the year, when symptoms of the epidemic were identified in some regions, leading to significant changes in collective life, especially for the elderly population, considered to be at greatest risk. The purpose of this study is to present the perception of the elderly about social isolation, caused by the pandemic COVID-19. The exploratory qualitative study used the descriptive method to treat the information recorded by the elderly, on the subject. The analyzed reports show the perceptions of the first weeks of isolation and the resulting feelings, showing the difficulties about changing habits, direct impacts of isolation such as reducing contact with other people and increasing the use of technologies.