Impact study on COVID-19 on older people and caregivers in Armenia
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Executive Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia has severely affected older people in terms of their life and health, social and economic situation. The outbreak in Armenia was rapid and the state of emergency was long-lasting for the entire country, later replaced by quarantine.
Inadequate provision of services for older people has compromised the effectiveness of the response to their needs in the context of the current health emergency. Fully recognizing the circumstances of ageing and its societal implications, the Government of Armenia (GoA) with the involvement of the UN Population Fund Country Office in Armenia (UNFPA), non-govermental organizations (NGO) and the Armenian Red Cross Society (ARCS), adopted national policy frameworks related to ageing and social protection of older people, and reorganization of the care system towards a deinstitutionalized, community-based and integrated1 approaches