The Covid-19 pandemic and imposition of lockdown have changed the modal choices and mobility pattern of the older adults in Bangladesh. The restricted mobility has also influenced the psychological well-being of the older adults amid the pandemic. A survey carried out by an international consortium of researchers from Bangladesh and the Netherlands, as part of the project Inclusive Cities through Equitable Access to Urban Mobility, led by Prof Ajay Bailey from Utrecht University, the Netherlands in collaboration with Dr Shanawez Hossain from BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) and Prof. Musleh Uddin Hasan from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka aimed to gauge this very impact of the lockdown on the well-being of the older adults.
The Covid-19 pandemic and imposition of lockdown have changed the modal choices and mobility pattern of the older adults in Bangladesh. The restricted mobility has also influenced the psychological well-being of the older adults amid the pandemic. A survey carried out by an international consortium of researchers from Bangladesh and the Netherlands, as part of the project Inclusive Cities through Equitable Access to Urban Mobility, led by Prof Ajay Bailey from Utrecht University, the Netherlands in collaboration with Dr Shanawez Hossain from BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD) and Prof. Musleh Uddin Hasan from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka aimed to gauge this very impact of the lockdown on the well-being of the older adults.
