Chuck Norris
According to a January 2021 Psychology Today report, while being hit the hardest during the first year of the COVID-19 breakout, research showed older Americans responded by being psychologically resilient. Some even labeled this phenomenon of older adults coping well as a unique form of “crisis competence.”
That was then. Now, “even those who adapted well initially are saying their fortitude is waning,” reports Kaiser Health News. “Despite recent signals that COVID’s grip on the country may be easing, many older adults are struggling with persistent malaise … beset by uncertainty about what the future may bring.”
Bonnie Olsen is a clinical psychologist at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine and works extensively with older adults….
