Older adults and Covid‐19: The most vulnerable, the hardest hit

T Powell, E Bellin, AR Ehrlich - Hastings Center Report, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Older adults in the United States have been the age group hardest hit by the Covid
pandemic. They have suffered a disproportionate number of deaths; Covid patients eighty …

Who are the most at-risk older adults in the COVID-19 era? It's not just those in nursing homes

MA Cohen, J Tavares - Journal of aging & social policy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT COVID-19 has taken a terrible toll on the nursing home population. Yet, there
are five times the number of seniors living in the community who are also extremely …

Local government efforts to mitigate the novel coronavirus pandemic among older adults

JL Angel, S Mudrazija - Older Adults and COVID-19, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
As the coronavirus crisis spreads swiftly through the population, it takes a particularly heavy
toll on minority individuals and older adults, with older minority adults at especially high risk …

COVID-19: trends, disparities, and consequences for older adults

D Carr - The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has threatened the health, longevity, and financial and emotional
security of millions of people in the United States and worldwide. As of late November 2020 …

COVID-19 pandemic and ageism: A call for humanitarian care

CC Colenda, CF Reynolds… - The Journals of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 is a deadly threat, and although all
individ-uals are susceptible, advanced age is one of the risk factors for its direst …

[图书][B] Neglected no more: The urgent need to improve the lives of Canada's elders in the wake of a pandemic

A Picard - 2021 - books.google.com
A NATIONAL BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC
POLICY It took the coronavirus pandemic to open our eyes to the deplorable state of so …

After the COVID-19 pandemic: the next wave of health challenges for older adults

JA Schrack, AA Wanigatunga… - The Journals of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The arrival of COVID-19 in the United States presents an unprecedented modern-day
challenge for the research and medical communities. Much of the medical community is …

Protecting and improving the lives of older adults in the COVID-19 era

EA Miller - Journal of aging & social policy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of people throughout the world, either
directly, due to exposure to the virus, or indirectly, due to measures taken to mitigate the …

[HTML][HTML] Typically atypical: COVID‐19 presenting as a fall in an older adult

RE Norman, NM Stall, SK Sinha - Journal of the American …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
DISCUSSION Much of the attention regarding care of older adults with COVID‐19 has
focused on its significant mortality rate (reaching 10%‐27% for those> 85 years 6) or the …

Betrayal of trust? The impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic on older persons

MD Landry, G Van den Bergh… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
688 Journal of Applied Gerontology 39 (7) medical staffing or equipment supply to meet the
surge of demand. The high infection and mortality rates among older persons, relative to …