Social actors, social policy, and the elderly in the context of COVID-19

Abstract

This article analyzes how social policy acts in relation to the elderly’s care service in the context of COVID-19, based on the experience of the Amachay project. It explores how and to what extent the various theoretical approaches to aging process of population are taken into account or left aside in this intervention. Therefore, it is based on the experience developed by a group of young social work students who participated as outreach workers and were in charge of the follow-up and coordination actions for users’ care service. This research yields very interesting results given that it allows to highlight a theoretical discussion from social policy field through the review of its methods, strategies, and field actions from social actors’ perspective, seeking to find clues for better social interventions with the elderly population.