While the government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have varied across the globe, there has been a unifying cry from academia and public health professionals warning of the …
The risk of developing severe illness from COVID-19 and of dying from it increases with age. This statistical association has led to numerous highly problematic policy suggestions and …
The coronavirus pandemic has laid bare societal discourses regarding age differences and stereotypes. Using sociological approaches to risk and drawing on some examples from the …
Abstract SARS-CoV-2 virus, the causative agent of the coronavirus infectious disease-19 (COVID-19), is taking the globe by storm, approaching 500,000 confirmed cases and over …
L Hayden, K Warren-Norton, F Chaze… - Canadian Journal on …, 2023 - cambridge.org
To document the reactions and experiences of older persons during the COVID-19 pandemic, we have conducted a qualitative study of 25 older adults (50 years of age and …
DEL Promislow - The journals of gerontology: Series A, 2020 - academic.oup.com
A novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, emerged in December 2019, leading within a few months to a global pandemic. COVID-19, the disease caused by this highly contagious virus …
F Schnell, J Tahmaseb-McConatha… - … in Social Sciences …, 2021 - digitalcommons.wcupa.edu
Media representations of the Covid-19 pandemic and its devastating consequences have shaped people's fears, anxiety, and perceptions of vulnerability. Social scientists have …
S Doraiswamy, S Cheema, R Mamtani - Age and ageing, 2020 - academic.oup.com
SIR, The 2019 novel Coronavirus disease (COVID-2019) has gripped the world with fear, anxiety and confusion, and this is spreading as fast as the virus. With limited age …
AE Kornadt, I Albert, M Hoffmann, E Murdock… - Frontiers in Public …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Ageism in media and society has increased sharply during the Covid-19-crisis, with expected negative consequences for the health and well-being of older adults. The current …