A Phenomenological Study of the Experience of Elderly 60-90-Year-Old of Shiraz with Corona

The outbreak of the unknown COVIID-19 virus quickly became a world pandemic, challenged collective life in economic, social, cultural, and political dimensions, and became the most important socio-medical issue. As the elderly are identified as the main vulnerable group to this virus, it is important to investigate their experience of the corona pandemic. The present study is based on a qualitative approach with a phenomenological method of Colaizzi’s practical plan. It aims to explain the experience of elderlies in Shiraz during the Coronavirus outbreak. Purposive sampling was used to select 15 participants who were surveyed in a semi-structured in-depth interview. The elderlies lived experience was classified into 10 main categories of a shift in daily life flow, mental, and family anxiety, redefining concepts, pleasure, opportunity, stigma, resilience capacity, fatalism, expediency, and expediency along with fatalism.