In response to this pandemic and from a research standpoint, members of the Health and Wellbeing Strategic Research Area have been writing journal papers, blog pieces, planning, and designing studies to ascertain the impact of this pandemic on the day-to-day lives of society.
Journal papers:
Blogs, & Media
UK Government COVID-19 Committee
A social media account on Twitter to curate and cultivate a public space to highlight and discuss the changing practices around death, dying and bereavement in the age of COVID-19. Open to contributions/suggested articles or tweets.
Within the Ageing Well Series led by Dr Jitka Vseteckova, Senior Lecturer in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care at The Open University, OpenLearn has published an article (inc. short video) relating to self-isolation.
This lecture provides easy to follow advice on how to stay healthy and based on the 5-pillars of ageing well while self-isolating during the COVID-19 pandemic. This lecture specifically focuses on nutrition, hydration, physical, cognitive and social stimulation.
Additional videos and animation surrounding this topic and key areas are accessible below:
For more information Email: jitka.vseteckova@open.ac.uk