The Necessity of Community Connectedness in Iranian Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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چکیده
In last decade, COVID-19 outbreak was one of the major crises encountered world(1). During pandemic, Iranian people have been advised to stay at home and far away others. If it is essential leave their residence, urged avoid gathering maintain physical distance from Community disconnectedness for older adults primary prevention specially elders with comorbidities (2). For first time, most were experiencing an unwanted prolonged separation
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of geriatric medicine research
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2630-5259']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.30564/jgm.v3i2.3889