This paper considers the basis for a ‘community-centred’ response to COVID-19. It highlights the pressures on communities weakened by austerity, growing inequalities, and cuts to social infrastructure. This paper examines the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on low-income communities, whilst highlighting the extent to which they have been excluded from debates about policies to limit the spread of COVID-19. This paper examines four approaches to assist the inclusion of neighbourhoods in strategies to tackle the pandemic: promoting community participation; recruiting advocates for those who are isolated; creating a national initiative for supporting community-centred activity; and developing policies for the long-term. This paper concludes with questions which society and communities will need to address given the potential continuation of measures to promote physical distancing.
【저자키워드】 COVID-19, older people, inequality, community participation, low income, social infrastructure, 【초록키워드】 pandemic, Community, physical distancing, measure, debate, National, Inclusion, approach, limit, weakened, highlight, spread of COVID-19, question, promote, excluded, assist, highlighting, creating, 【제목키워드】 Developing,