Older adults in the first wave of the Corona pandemic

C Tesch-Römer, G Lamura - European Journal of Ageing, 2021 - Springer
Since spring 2020, the Corona pandemic holds the world in its grip. Covid-19 has increased
the death rate across all countries in the world with—in April 2021—almost 3 million deaths …

The interplay of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome and aging: A biological, clinical and public health approach

G Guaraldi, J Milic, M Cesari, L Leibovici… - Ageing Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
The post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS) is characterized by the persistence of
fluctuating symptoms over three months from the onset of the possible or confirmed COVID …

Factors associated for mortality of older people with COVID 19: a systematic review and meta-analysis

H Damayanthi, KIP Prabani… - … and Geriatric Medicine, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Background Whilst people of all ages are affected in some way by COVID-19 virus, older
people are at a high mortality risk. This study aimed to systematically review the numerous …

Understanding the clinical features of coronavirus disease 2019 from the perspective of aging: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Yifan, P Jun - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Problems An outbreak of novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) infection is now widespread in
multiple countries. Compared with adult patients, elderly patients have not received enough …

Respiratory epidemics and older people

S Doraiswamy, R Mamtani, M Ameduri… - Age and …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been particularly severe on older
people. Past coronavirus epidemics namely Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and the …

Younger and older adults' mood and expectations regarding aging during COVID-19

MC Whatley, ALM Siegel, ST Schwartz… - Gerontology and …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has broadly impacted our daily lives. Here,
we used a longitudinal approach to investigate older adults' mood and expectations …

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 …

Clinical features of SARS-CoV-2 infection in older adults

F Remelli, S Volpato… - Clinics in Geriatric …, 2022 - geriatric.theclinics.com
In April 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) infection was declared a pandemic emergency
by the World Health Organization, 1 and after 2 years, in January 2022, the virus had …

Retracted: COVID‐19 mortality and its predictors in the elderly: A systematic review

O Dadras, SA SeyedAlinaghi, A Karimi… - Health science …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Older people have higher rates of comorbidities and may
experience more severe inflammatory responses; therefore, are at higher risk of death …

[PDF][PDF] Covid-19 and older adults: in the face of a global disaster

N Kar - Journal of Geriatric Care and Research, 2020 - instituteofinsight.org
Abstract The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is having a particularly
increased impact on older adults as the case fatality rate increases with age. Besides this …