Use of print sources in psychological support of the elderly during quarantine

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a serious test for all of humanity. Prolonged quarantine has significantly affected everyone's life and changed the information field for many people. Quarantine and self-isolation, as a consequence, have become a special test for the elderly. The negative information field in which they found themselves, causes a state of anxiety. These manifestations characterize the crisis of the elderly, and therefore they need help and support. Providing psychological support means creating conditions and opportunities that will promote the development of a person capable of optimal existence in the current life circumstances. We consider psychological support as a process and as a result. As a process, it is the creation of conditions and opportunities that will promote the development of a person capable of accepting the situation in which he or she finds himself or herself and accepting himself or herself in this situation, as well as – to conscious and active work to overcome the problems that arise. A social situation of development, which corresponds to the age and individual person`s characteristics and provides conditions for the tasks of his or her development is the result of psychological support