Новая публикация: Galkin, K., Parfenova, O. and Petukhova, I. (2025), "Older people during the COVID-19 pandemic in rural and urban areas: digital technologies, medical care and adaptation", Working with Older People, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/WWOP-12-2024-0085
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Purpose This paper aims to analyze the impact of the pandemic on the practices of older people in an urban and rural context in Russia and to highlight the lessons of the COVID-19 pandemic for planning the future of older people, depending on their urban or rural context. Design/methodology/approach On the basis of 50 qualitative interviews with the urban and rural older people (aged 63–90;#8201;years) in Russia, the authors analyzed how they experienced the pandemic. When selecting the sample