Residents of care homes across the globe are affected by the spread of SARS-CoV-2 as they have been identified as a high-risk group and because they experienced strict social isolation regulations during the first wave of the pandemic. Social isolation of older people with poor physical and mental health is strongly associated with mental health problems and decreased life expectancy. Other research has shown that older people managed to adapt to the changes brought about by the pandemic and have linked this to the concept of resilience. The aim of this research project was to investigate how this applied to residents in care home settings during the first phases of the contact ban in Germany from sociology, developmental psychology and environmental gerontology perspectives, and to gain in-depth understanding of residents’ experiences. This paper draws on structured interview data collected from residents in two care homes during early June 2020 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The findings show that their experiences were shaped by three factors: care home settings and the approach of staff to handling the contact ban; biographical sense of resilience; and a hierarchy of life issues. The findings highlight the importance of locally specific response mechanisms in care homes, agency and belonging of residents despite health-related limitations and the importance of a critical (gendered) lens on understanding their experiences.

全球疗养院的居民都受到 SARS-CoV-2 传播的影响，因为他们被确定为高危人群，而且他们在第一波大流行期间经历了严格的社会隔离规定。身体和精神健康状况不佳的老年人的社会孤立与精神健康问题和预期寿命缩短密切相关。其他研究表明，老年人设法适应了大流行病带来的变化，并将其与复原力的概念联系起来。本研究项目的目的是从社会学、发展心理学和环境老年学的角度调查这如何应用于德国接触禁令第一阶段的护理院环境中的居民，并深入了解居民的经历。本文利用了 2020 年 6 月上旬在德国美因河畔法兰克福从两家养老院的居民那里收集的结构化访谈数据。调查结果表明，他们的经历受到三个因素的影响：养老院环境和工作人员处理接触禁令的方法；传记式的韧性；以及生活问题的等级制度。研究结果强调了尽管存在与健康相关的限制，但在养老院、代理机构和居民归属感中当地特定反应机制的重要性，以及批判性（性别）视角对理解他们经历的重要性。护理院的设置和工作人员处理接触禁令的方法；传记式的韧性；以及生活问题的等级制度。研究结果强调了尽管存在与健康相关的限制，但在养老院、代理机构和居民归属感中当地特定反应机制的重要性，以及批判性（性别）视角对理解他们经历的重要性。护理院的设置和工作人员处理接触禁令的方法；传记式的韧性；以及生活问题的等级制度。研究结果强调了尽管存在与健康相关的限制，但在养老院、代理机构和居民归属感中当地特定反应机制的重要性，以及批判性（性别）视角对理解他们经历的重要性。