Working outside the home protected mental health for older adults during the pandemic, finds study

Working outside the home protected mental health for older adults during the pandemic, finds study

New research using data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) reveals that employment stability and in-person work buffered older adults against depression during the first year of COVID-19. Older adults who continued working outside the home during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic experienced better mental health than those who shifted to remote work or lost their jobs, according to a study published in Health Promotion …