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

MedicalXpress | 四月 23, 2026

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 and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada.