The COVID-19 Coping Study

This study aims to understand how the pandemic and its associated control practices and policies are affecting the mental health and well-being of older adults in America; and identify strategies that help them cope. The goal is to generate knowledge that can be used to inform best practices to support health and well-being of older adults during public health crises. We are using a multi-frame sampling strategy, first through an online panel with quotas for age, sex, and race/ethnicity to match the general older population, and then through distribution through professional society networks, professional contacts, mailing lists of seniors' organizations, and social media.