Health, psycho-social factors, and ageism in older adults in Spain during the COVID-19 pandemic

R Fernández-Ballesteros, M Sánchez-Izquierdo - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
Older adults are a population at risk for COVID-19. This study has two independent
objectives:(1) to report the impact of COVID-19, as well as psycho-social responses during …

[HTML][HTML] The twin faces of ageism, glorification and abjection: A content analysis of age advocacy in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic

L Naughton, M Padeiro, P Santana - Journal of Aging Studies, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Six propositions against ageism in the COVID-19 pandemic

HJ Ehni, HW Wahl - Older Adults and COVID-19, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

Ageism and risk during the coronavirus pandemic

PS Cook, C Curryer, S Banks, BB Neves… - The COVID-19 …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 in older adults: what we may expect regarding pathogenesis, immune responses, and outcomes

J Nikolich-Zugich, KS Knox, CT Rios, B Natt… - Geroscience, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Pandemic stories: The voices of older adults

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 …

A geroscience perspective on COVID-19 mortality

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 …

Ageism and perceptions of vulnerability: Framing of age during the Covid-19 pandemic

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 …

Older people and epidemics: a call for empathy

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 …

Perceived ageism during the Covid-19-crisis is longitudinally related to subjective perceptions of aging

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 …